by JosephRoth (Author), Michael Hofmann (Translator)
This novella, one of the most haunting things that Joseph Roth ever composed, was published in 1939, the year the author died. Like Andreas, the hero of the story, Roth drank himself to death in Paris, but this is not an autobiographical confession. Rather, it is a secular miracle-tale, in which the vagrant Andreas, after living under bridges, has a surprising run of good luck that changes his circumstances profoundly. The novella is extraordinarily compressed, dry-eyed and witty, despite its melancholic subject matter.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 112
Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: Granta
Published: 07 Nov 2013
ISBN 10: 1847086187
ISBN 13: 9781847086181
Book Overview: Joseph Roth's tale of an alcoholic vagrant who has a series of lucky breaks that lift him briefly onto a different plane of existence