An intensely beautiful book about one of historyâ€™s bleakest periodsThe Emperorâ€™s Tomb â€“ the last novel Joseph Roth wrote â€“ is a haunting

The Emperor's Tomb

An intensely beautiful book about one of historyâ€™s bleakest periods
The Emperorâ€™s Tomb â€“ the last novel Joseph Roth wrote â€“ 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 Emperorâ€™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 â€“ full of upheavals, reversals and abrupt twists of plot â€“ the novel powerfully sketches a time of change and loss. Prophetic and regretful, intuitive and exact, Roth tells of one manâ€™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.
Country USA
Brand New Directions
Manufacturer New Directions
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780811221276
ReleaseDate 2013-04-22
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780811221276

The Emperor's Tomb