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Light wear to boards. Toning to pages. Good DJ, small tear to rear corner.
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This is a welcome reissue of a novel by one of the great Central European writers of the 20th century. A prolific political journalist and novelist, Joseph Roth admired the old Austro-Hungarian Hapsburg Empire as a cosmopolitan world and noted its decline as a sad chapter in European history. In Confessions of a Murderer, first published in 1936, a former Russian secret agent holds court in a tiny Russian restaurant in Paris as he tells of his quest to claim the noble name of his father, his destructive love affair and his hatred for his half-brother, the rightful prince. The colourful story - which has backdrops of pre-World War One Paris, rural Russia and St Petersburg before the Revolution - is told in a graceful, fluent narrative of genuine depth and richness.
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Joseph Roth (1894-1939) was the great elegist of the cosmopolitan, tolerant and doomed Central European culture that flourished in the dying days of the Austrian Empire. He wrote thirteen novels, including The Radetzky March and The String of Pearls.
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Confession of a Murderer
Seller: Studibuch, Stuttgart, Germany
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hardcover. Condition: Befriedigend. 224 Seiten; 9780701128814.4 Gewicht in Gramm: 500. Seller Inventory # 850734
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Confession of a Murderer Told in One Night
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Chatto & Windus / Hogarth Press, London, 1985
ISBN 10: 070112881X
ISBN 13: 9780701128814
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Seller: Banjo Booksellers, IOBA, Andover, MA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. First printing of this edition, translated from the German by Desmond I. Vesey. The leaves are toned. Otherwise fine. The dust jacket has light wear at the spine ends and the corners. Small spot where a sticker was scraped off of the front panel. Some dents/small scratches on the back panel. The jacket price is intact. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 005462
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Confession of a Murderer
Published by
Chatto & Windus Hogarth Press, 1985
ISBN 10: 070112881X
ISBN 13: 9780701128814
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Seller: Sad Paradise Books, Rippleside, VIC, Australia
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A very nice tight, bright copy.Original red cloth, gilt title to spine, 223 pages. Slight yellowing of paper stock. Translated from German by Desmond I. Vesy. First published in English in 1937, and long unavailable in English, this novel is a subtle, profoundly moral masterpiece; a terrifying insight into the insidious, corrupting powers of jealousy, ambition and unrequited love. A very nice tight, bright copy. By the author of 'The Radetzki March.' Listing with ABEbooks since 2003, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day. Seller Inventory # 1708615
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