| The Emperor's Tomb Contributor(s): Roth, Joseph (Author), Hoare, John (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1585673277 ISBN-13: 9781585673278 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2002 Annotation: "The Emperor's Tomb" is a nostalgic, haunting elegy for the end of youth and the last days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. A continuation of the saga of the von Trotta family from The Radetzky March, it is both a powerful and moving look at a decaying society and its journey through the War and its devastating aftermath, and the story of the erosion of one man's desperate faith in the virtues of a simple life. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Sagas |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Works of Joseph Roth |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.36" W x 7.98" (0.36 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A continuation of the saga of the von Trotta family from The Radetzky March, it is both a powerful and moving look at a decaying society and its journey through the War and its devastating aftermath, and the story of the erosion of one man's desperate faith in the virtues of a simple life. |
Contributor Bio(s): Roth, Joseph: - Joseph Roth was born in 1894 in a small Galician town on the eastern borders of the Hapsburg Empire. After serving in the Austro-Hungarian army from 1916 to 1918, he worked as a journalist in Vienna and in Berlin. He died in Paris in 1939, leaving behind thirteen novels as well as many stories and essays. |