{"product_id":"the-radetzky-march-joseph-roth-9780141393421","title":"The Radetzky March (Joseph Roth)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW STATESMAN \u003c\/i\u003eBOOKS OF THE YEAR 2015 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sublime ... it inspires a kind of evangelical cult passion among its devotees' Simon Schama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Roth is Austria's Chekhov' William Boyd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrauss's Radetzky March\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eJoseph Roth was born in 1894 into a Jewish family living in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, part of the Austro-Hungarian empire and now split between Poland and Ukraine. He became a successful journalist and travelled widely, eventually becoming best-known for his novels \u003ci\u003eThe Radetzky March \u003c\/i\u003e(also in Penguin Modern Classics), \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor's Tomb \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Legend of the Holy Drinker . \u003c\/i\u003eHe died in Paris in 1939.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format, Englisch, 368 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66146931507549,"sku":"K054418266","price":13.1,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/5441826600001A.jpg?v=1791443312","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-radetzky-march-joseph-roth-9780141393421","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}