The Legend Of The Holy Drinker - Brossura

Roth, Joseph

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ISBN 10: 1783788461 ISBN 13: 9781783788460

Casa editrice: Granta Books, 2022

Riassunto

'One of the greatest European novelists of the century' Sunday Times Andreas is an alcoholic and a vagrant who lives under a bridge. Downtrodden, submerged at the bottom of society, he lives a fortuitous life - dictated by happenstance and the whims of others - until a run of exceptionally good luck lifts him, briefly, onto a different plane of existence. First published after Roth's death in 1939, The Legend of the Holy Drinker is haunting and melancholic, yet filled with empathy. A secular miracle-tale, it is an unforgettable testament to Roth's lucidity and compassion.

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Informazioni sugli autori

Joseph Roth (1894-1939) was the great elegist of the cosmopolitan, tolerant and doomed Central European culture that flourished in the dying days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Born into a Jewish family in Galicia, on the eastern edge of the empire, he was a prolific political journalist and novelist. On Hitler's assumption of power, he was obliged to leave Germany for Paris, where he died in poverty a few years later. His books include What I Saw, Job, The White Cities, The String of Pearls, The Emperor's Tomb and The Radetzky March, all published by Granta Books.

Michael Hofmann is a poet and German translator. His most recent collection of poems is One Lark, One Horse. He is a Granta contributing editor.

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A witty novel of 'sublime simplicity' about an alcoholic vagrant who has a series of lucky breaks that lift him briefly onto a different plane of existence.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Granta Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2022
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1783788461
• ISBN 13: 9781783788460
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Disegnatore: Masereel Frans
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 112
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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