Perlefter: The Story of a Bourgeois - Couverture souple

Roth, Joseph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0720614872 ISBN 13 : 9780720614879

Editeur : Peter Owen Publishers, 2013

Synopsis

Now available for the first time in English, Perlefter: The Story of a Bourgeois is a novel fragment that was discovered among Joseph Roth's papers decades after his death. The book chronicles the life and times of Alexander Perlefter, the well-to-do Austrian urbanite with whom his relative, a small-town narrator, Naphthali Kroj, has come to live after becoming orphaned. Written circa 1928-30, Perlefter represents Joseph Roth at the very peak of his literary powers. Rich in irony and exemplary of Roth's keen powers of social and political observation, Perlefter is an important addition to the Roth canon.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Now available for the first time in English, Perlefter: The Story of a Bourgeois is a novel fragment that was discovered among Joseph Roth s papers decades after his death. The book chronicles the life and times of Alexander Perlefter, the well-to-do Austrian urbanite with whom his relative, a small-town narrator, Naphthali Kroj, has come to live after becoming orphaned. The colorful cast of characters includes Perlefter s four children: Foolish Alfred, with his predilection for sleeping with servant girls and widows and boasting of the venereal diseases he contracts; the hapless Karoline, whose interest in math and physics and employment at a scientific institute seem to repel serious suitors; the flamboyant Julie, a sweet, pale and anemic girl who likes any man who is inclined toward marriage; and the beautiful and flighty Margarete, besotted with a professor of history. Written circa 1928-30, Perlefter represents Joseph Roth at the very peak of his literary powers it was penned just after the publication of The Silent Prophet and just before his masterpieces Job and The Radetzky March. Rich in irony and exemplary of Roth s keen powers of social and political observation, Perlefter is an important addition to the Roth canon.

Biographie de l'auteur

JOSEPH ROTH was born in Brody, Galicia then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and now in the Ukraine in 1894. He served in the Austrian army between 1916 and 1918 and worked as a journalist from 1923 to 1932 in Berlin and Vienna. When the Nazis came to power in 1933 he emigrated to Paris, where he drank himself into an early grave in 1939. Roth also wrote The Antichrist, Weights and Measures, Flight Without End, The Silent Prophet (also published by Peter Owen),The Radetzky March, String of Pearls and The Legend of the Holy Drinker.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peter Owen Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0720614872
• ISBN 13: 9780720614879
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible