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“Epic . . . brilliantly achieved.” (New York Times Book Review)
The Radetzky March, Joseph Roth’s classic saga of the privileged von Trotta family, encompasses the entire social fabric of the Austro-Hungarian Empire just before World War I. The author’s greatest achievement, The Radetzky March is an unparalleled portrait of a civilization in decline, and as such a universal story for our times. This is a high-quality edition featuring an introduction from Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer and translated by the acclaimed Joachim Neugroschel, who was the winner of three PEN Translation Awards.Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Joseph Roth
Published: 08/01/2002
Publisher: Overlook Press
ISBN: 9781585673261
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 0.75″ H x 8.03″ L x 5.52″ W
About the Author
Roth, Joseph: – Joseph Roth was born in 1894 in a small Galician town on the eastern borders of the Hapsburg Empire. After serving in the Austro-Hungarian army from 1916 to 1918, he worked as a journalist in Vienna and in Berlin. He died in Paris in 1939, leaving behind 13 novels, including The Radetzky March (1932), as well as many stories and essays.
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