The Radetzky March

Joseph Roth, Joachim Neugroschel

• Publisher: The Overlook Press
• Year: 2002
• ISBN:
  9781590208441
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literature General
• Index: Literature

The author's masterpiece, an epic saga of a family and an empire in decline, is "full of psychological penetration and tragic force" ( The New Yorker ). TheRadetzky March, Joseph Roth's classic novel of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, follows three generations of the privileged von Trotta family as Europe advances inexorably toward World War I. With a breadth and richness that draws comparison to Tolstoy, it encompasses the entire social fabric of Austro-Hungarian society. Shot through with dark humor and tragic irony, The Radetzky March is an unparalleled portrait of a civilization in decline, and as such a universal story for our times. "A masterpiece... The totality of Joseph Roth's work is no less than a tragédie humaine achieved in the techniques of modern fiction. No other contemporary writer, not excepting Thomas Mann, has come close to achieving the wholeness... that Lukács cites as our impossible aim." —Nadine Gordimer

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Introduction
• PART ONE
• PART TWO
• PART THREE
• Epilogue
• Joseph Roth titles published by The Overlook Press