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The Legend Of The Holy Drinker

By (author) Joseph Roth
Illustrated by Frans Masereel
Translated by Michael Hofmann
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Granta Books, London, United Kingdom
Published: 7th Nov 2013
Dimensions: w 118mm h 207mm d 11mm
Weight: 100g
ISBN-10: 1847086187
ISBN-13: 9781847086181
Barcode No: 9781847086181
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This novella, one of the most haunting things that Joseph Roth ever composed, was published in 1939, the year the author died. Like Andreas, the hero of the story, Roth drank himself to death in Paris, but this is not an autobiographical confession. Rather, it is a secular miracle-tale, in which the vagrant Andreas, after living under bridges, has a surprising run of good luck that changes his circumstances profoundly. The novella is extraordinarily compressed, dry-eyed and witty, despite its melancholic subject matter.

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A short, boozy, perfectly cut gem of a story... Translated and introduced by that legend of a holy writer Michael Hofmann, it's funny and remarkable -- Stuart Hammond * Dazed and Confused * The Legend of the Holy Drinker is a tale of patience rewarded... a dreamy Parisian Catholic setting, destitution softened by fairy tale * Times Literary Supplement * Poignant -- Val Hennessy * Daily Mail * This is a little book of sublime simplicity... magically told * Daily Express * One of the greatest European novelists of the century * Sunday Times *