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The Radetzky March

Joseph Roth

"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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Overlook Press
  • Publish Date: Aug 1st, 2002
  • Pages: 352
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.03in - 5.52in - 0.75in - 0.60lb
  • EAN: 9781585673261
  • Recommended age: 18-UP
  • Categories: ClassicsSagasHistorical - General

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.

Praise for this book

Epic . . . brilliantly achieved.
Deeply moving . . . in terms of an evocation of a certain mindset and a certain feeling of estrangement, it's really great.--Jennifer Szalai
A nostalgic yet deeply moving portrait of a decaying civilization.
One of the most readable, poignant, and superb novels in twentieth-century German: it stands with the best of Thomas Mann, Alfred Döblin, and Robert Musil.--Harold Bloom