The Emperor's Tomb (Works of Joseph Roth)
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The Emperor's Tomb (Works of Joseph Roth) by Joseph Roth
The Emperor's Tomb - the last novel Joseph Roth wrote - is a haunting elegy to the vanished world of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and a magically evocative paean to the passing of time and the loss of hope. The Emperor's Tomb runs from 1913 to 1938, from the eve of one world war to the eve of the next, from disaster to disaster. Striped with beauty and written in short propulsive chapters - full of upheavals, reversals and abrupt twists of plot - the novel powerfully sketches a time of change and loss. Prophetic and regretful, intuitive and exact, Roth tells of one man's foppish, sleepwalking, spoiled youth and then his struggle to come to terms with the uncongenial society of post-First World War Vienna, financial ruin, and the first intimations of Nazi barbarities.Joseph Roth (1894-1939) was a famous elegist of the cosmopolitan culture that thrived during the Austro-Hungarian Empire's final years. Before his untimely death at the age of 44, he wrote various books and essays. J.D. Salinger praised Roth's writing.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781585673278 |
| ISBN 10 | 1585673277 |
| Title | The Emperor's Tomb (Works of Joseph Roth) |
| Author | Joseph Roth |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The Overlook Press |
| Year published | 2002-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 157 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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