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'Sublime ... it inspires a kind of evangelical cult passion among its devotees' Simon Schama 'Roth is Austria's Chekhov' William BoydStrauss's Radetzky March, signature tune of one of Europe's most powerful regimes, presides over Joseph Roth's account of three generations of the Trotta family in the years preceding the Austro-Hungarian collapse in 1918. 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 too enfeebled to rebel.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
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
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Harry N. Abrams
Pub date:
2002-08-01
Length:
352 pages
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