The Radetzky March

by Joseph Roth Narrated by James Anderson Foster

Overview

The Radetzky March, Joseph Roth's classic saga of the privileged von Trotta family, encompasses the entire social fabric of the Austro-Hungarian Empire just before World War I. The author's greatest achievement, The Radetzky March is an unparalleled portrait of a civilization in decline, and as such a universal story for our times.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

One of the most readable, poignant, and superb novels in twentieth-century German: it stands with the best of Thomas Mann, Alfred Döblin, and Robert Musil. Roth was a cultural monument of Galician Jewry: ironic, compassionate, perfectly pitched to his catastrophic era.”
—HAROLD BLOOM

“A masterpiece . . . The totality of Joseph Roth's work is no less than a tragédie humaine
Achieved in the techniques of modern fiction.”
—NADINE GORDIMER

“Epic . . . brilliantly achieved . . . the portrait of an empty age, an age of gold braid and glitter.”
—THE NEW YORK TIMES

“It is hard to praise this novel sufficiently . . . [It] is exceptional for . . . the tolerance and pity and humorous magnanimity with which the author regards his characters.”
—CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

With a new introduction by Alan Bance

The Federalist (named a Notable Book of the year)

A nostalgic yet deeply moving portrait of a decaying civilization.

Rod Dreher - The American Conservative

One of the best books I've ever read. This is one I'll be thinking about for a long time. . . . The story it tells is a universal one . . . It is a story about the effect of time on all human institutions and ways of seeing the world. It's impossible to readRadetzkywithout wondering if our own liberal democratic institutions and ways of ordering our experiences are declining as surely as the Austro-Hungarian monarchy . . .This is going to be a book that takes time to absorb. I cannot recommend it to you strongly enough.”

Jennifer Szalai - The Book Review podcast by the New York Times

Deeply moving . . . in terms of an evocation of a certain mindset and a certain feeling of estrangement, it's really great.

Harold Bloom

One of the most readable, poignant, and superb novels in twentieth-century German: it stands with the best of Thomas Mann, Alfred Döblin, and Robert Musil.

Nadine Gordimer

A masterpiece . . . The totality of Joseph Roth's work is no less than a tragédie humaineachieved 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.”

The New York Times

Epic . . . brilliantly achieved.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940173539465
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	10/01/2019
Edition description:	Unabridged

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