- Published: 07/04/2022
- ISBN: 9781783788453
- Granta Books
- 320 pages
The Radetzky March
Joseph Roth
Translated by Michael Hofmann
‘a 20th Century masterpiece’– The Telegraph’
“For sheer, epic sweep, I love reading The Radetzky March… I can’t recommend it highly enough” Jeremy Paxman
Set during the doomed splendour of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, The Radetzky March tells the story of the celebrated Trotta family, tracing their rise and fall over three generations. Theirs is a sweeping history of heroism and duty, desire and compromise, tragedy and heartbreak, a story that lasts until the darkening eve of WWI, when all is set to fall apart. A rich and luminous masterpiece, moving, compassionate, witty and dramatic, The Radetzky March is one of the great reading pleasures of 20th-century literature.
£9.99
One of the greatest novels ever written, Joseph Roth tells us who we are, and what we might yet become. Timeless, humane, tragic
Philippe Sands
For sheer, epic sweep, I love reading The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth, set in imperial Vienna. I can't recommend it highly enough
Jeremy Paxman
Timeless... I re-read this book every two or three years, captivated anew by its low-key melancholia and its wry take on the human predicament