Appearing in English for the first time, The Collected Stories of Joseph Roth includes seventeen novellas and stories that echo the intensity and achievement of his greatest novel, The Radetzky March. Spanning the entire range of Roth's brief life (1894-1939) and showcasing the breadth of his literary powers, this collection features many stories just recently discovered. Roth's novellas and short stories will rank with Chekhov's as among the greatest of modern literature.
Appearing in English for the first time, The Collected Stories of Joseph Roth includes seventeen novellas and stories that echo the intensity and achi...
Der Zwang der Sucht.Andreas lebt als Clochard unter den Brcken von Paris. Eines Tages schenkt ihm ein Fremder 200 Francs. Als Mann von Ehre verpflichtet sich Andreas das Geld zurckzuzahlen, doch immer wieder kommt etwas dazwischen...
Der Zwang der Sucht.Andreas lebt als Clochard unter den Brcken von Paris. Eines Tages schenkt ihm ein Fremder 200 Francs. Als Mann von Ehre verpflicht...
Schon im Titel spricht Joseph Roth sein dramatisches Thema an: die alttestamentarische Geschichte von Hiob, den von Gott geprften Dulder. Im Roman ist es Mendel Singer, der in Ostgalizien ein bescheidenes Dasein als Lehrer fristet, bis ihn die Schicksalsschlge treffen: Der lteste Sohn muss und will zum russischen Militr, der zweite desertiert nach Amerika, die einzige Tochter lsst sich mit Kosaken ein und der jngste Sohn scheint unheilbar behindert. Und dieser Jngste muss zurckgelassen werden, als die Eltern mit der Tochter nach Amerika fliehen, wo der emigrierte Sohn Sam ihnen ein...
Schon im Titel spricht Joseph Roth sein dramatisches Thema an: die alttestamentarische Geschichte von Hiob, den von Gott geprften Dulder. Im Roman ist...
An unforgettable portrait of the Austro-Hungarian author of The Radetzky March, this biography in letters - selected here for the first time by Michael Hofmann - is classic European literature at its finest.
An unforgettable portrait of the Austro-Hungarian author of The Radetzky March, this biography in letters - selected here for the first time by Michae...
This is a touching study of family life at the time of the demise of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Writing in the traditional form of the family saga, Roth gives a detailed and intimate portrait of family life and the wider panorama of a failing dynasty.
This is a touching study of family life at the time of the demise of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Writing in the traditional form of the family saga, ...
Roth s signature lyrical elegance and haunting atmospheric details sing in The Hundred Days. There may be, as James Wood has stated, no modern writer more able to combine the novelistic and the poetic, to blend lusty, undamaged realism with sparkling powers of metaphor and simile.
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Roth s signature lyrical elegance and haunting atmospheric details sing in The Hundred Days. There may be, as James Wood has stated, no mo...
Grandfather, son and grandson are equally dependent on the empire: the first for his enoblement; the second for the civil virtues that make him a meticulous servant of an administration whose failure he can neither comprehend nor survive; the third for the family standards of conduct which he cannot attain but against which he is unable to rebel.
Grandfather, son and grandson are equally dependent on the empire: the first for his enoblement; the second for the civil virtues that make him a meti...
