The Hundred Days - Couverture souple

Joseph, Roth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0720613639 ISBN 13 : 9780720613636

Editeur : Peter Owen Publishers, 2011

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In Joseph Roth s The Hundred Days, the story of Napoleon s last snatch at glory is framed both through the eyes of Bonaparte himself and those of his long-infatuated Corsican laundress, Angelina with rather more said by her about the Emperor s dirty handkerchiefs than the Duke of Wellington. The novel provides an arch and yet moving look at Napoleon s seemingly triumphant return to Paris from exile in March 1815. Before one hundred days have elapsed, however, fate and war have squashed Napoleon s ambitions and shattered the life of his laundress. Out of print in English for seventy years, Roth s The Hundred Days is a unique and unforgettable period piece, in which Napoleon is tossed from Olympian Heights to come crashing down to earth as a mere mortal, leaving a young devotee trailing in his wake.

Revue de presse

This is not perhaps the real Napoleon, but it s certainly a remarkable creation that leaps off the page. --Jack Kerridge, Sunday Telegraph

The Hundred Days is, once again, Roth at his best, showing French society in the throes of radical change with a touch of melancholy bringing a dark tinge to a huge canvas. A book to be savoured and read twice and then read again. --Richard Edmonds, Birmingham Post

A novel of great sensitivity and resonance. . . [Roth's] Napoleon is a vivid depiction of waning greatness --Boston Review

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peter Owen Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0720613639
• ISBN 13: 9780720613636
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
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• Personne responsable: non disponible