Report From a Parisian Paradise: Essays from France, 1925-1939

Report From a Parisian Paradise: Essays from France, 1925-1939

The wisdom of a lost generation distilled in a bottle of Calvados.
At one time an underground hero in the world of journalism, with prose on a par with Tolstoy and Kafka, Joseph Roth now looms large in the pantheon of European literature. Indeed, the last five years have seen a major Roth revival culminating in Report from a Parisian Paradise, a haunting epitaph by the greatest foreign correspondent of his age. An exile in Paris, Roth captured the essence of France in the 1920s and 1930s. From the port town of Marseille to the erotic hill country around Avignon, Report from a Parisian Paradiseâ‚¬â€¢superbly translated by Michael Hofmannâ‚¬â€¢paints the sepia-tinted landscapes, enchanting people, and ruthless desperation of a country hurtling toward dissolution. Roth's book is not only a paean to a European order that could no longer hold but also a miraculous and revelatory work of transcendent philosophical clarity. 6 illustrations
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 6 illustrations
Model 6 illustrations
ReleaseDate 2005-08-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780393327168

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