Tag Archives: Joseph Roth

The Radetzky March German Lit Readalong- Part Three

Posted on April 15, 2019 by mandywight

I finished the novel yesterday and here are my responses to the Part Three questions: There seems to be only one true and honest relationship in this novel- the friendship between district administrator von Trotta and doctor Skowronnek. Would  you … Continue reading →

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The Radetzky March Spring Readalong- Part 1

Posted on April 6, 2019 by mandywight

What fun to be reading along for #germanlitmonth with Joseph Roth’s The Radetzky March! Now this book, in the elegant Penguin Classics Edition translated by Joachim Neugroschel, was already on my shelves. I’d read it before and it only clicked … Continue reading →

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Ostende 1936, Sommer der Freundschaft- Volker Weidermann

Posted on March 27, 2017 by mandywight

This book has been recently published in English as ‘Summer before the Dark’. It’s an account of the friendship between the Austrian writers Stefan Zweig and Joseph Roth and the summer they spent together in 1936 in Ostend, in exile … Continue reading →

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