Confession of a Murderer

by Joseph Roth

Overview

An exiled Russian spy shares his dramatic life story from a Paris restaurant in this novel by the author of The Radetzky March.

In a Russian restaurant on Paris’s Left Bank, Russian exile Golubchik alternately fascinates and horrifies a rapt audience with a wild story of collaboration, deception, and murder in the days leading up to the Russian Revolution.

Praise for Confession of a Murderer

“Worthy to sit beside Conrad’s and Dostoevsky’s excursions into the twisted world of secret agents. Joseph Roth is one of the great writers in German of this century; and this novel is a fine introduction to this view of intrigue, necessity, and moral doubt.” —The Times (London)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590209349
Publisher:	ABRAMS, Inc.
Publication date:	08/16/2022
Series:	Works of Joseph Roth
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	223
File size:	688 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Joseph Roth was born in 1894 in a small Galician town on the eastern borders of the Hapsburg Empire. After serving in the Austro-Hungarian army from 1916 to 1918, he worked as a journalist in Vienna and in Berlin. He died in Paris in 1939, leaving behind thirteen novels as well as many stories and essays.

Editorial Reviews

"Roth's swift style makes things happen naturally; we see, hear, smell and believe. A joyous storyteller's gift remains precariously alive within the pessimism of decay and loss. Although the teller of the tale says 'there is no end there, no break—always continuity and connection,' his art is kind and draws us to a satisfying conclusion after the luridness of events."  —New York Times on Hotel Savoy

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