Radetzky March - Hardcover

Roth, Joseph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1862075131 ISBN 13: 9781862075139

Publisher: Granta Books, 2002

Synopsis

The Radetzky March, named after Strauss's is a meditation on the Austro-Hungarian empire, written through the story of three generations of the Trotta family. The novel opens at the battle of Solferino, when the young Lieutenant Trotta saves the life of the Emperor and is ennobled. He owes the Empire everything, and his son also becomes a conscientious servant of the great multinational state even as it enters into its period of chaos, with competing nationalisms and ideologies tearing it apart. The final generation of Trottas cannot comprehend or survive the collapse of the empire, which no longer has any purchase on reality. Beginning at the moment when the Hasburg dominions began to crumble, and ending at the moment when the old Emperor's body is finally entombed in the vault of Capuchins in Vienna, the narrative arc of Roth's novel is perfectly judged. But his intelligent compassion and ironic sense of history give The Radetzky March its greatness.

About this title

About the Author

Joseph Roth's (1894-1939) books include The Legend of the Holy Drinker, Right and Left, The Emperor's Tomb, The String of Pearls and The Radetzky March. Michael Hofmann is a poet. As a translator his work includes Kafka's The Man who Disappeared (Amerika). He has also translated Joseph Roth's The Legend of the Holy Drinker, Right and Left and The String of Pearls.

Edition details

• Publisher: Granta Books
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1862075131
• ISBN 13: 9781862075139
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320