by Joseph Roth · Bruguera. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788402078124
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In 'Confession of a Murderer', Joseph Roth introduces us to a complex and dark character, the illegitimate son of a Russian prince and a former agent of the Okhrana, the dreaded secret police of the Tsars. Throughout a night in Paris, this character recounts his life before an improvised audience, revealing a story of ambition, love, and hate in the constant search for identity and social recognition. The novel, with its subtle psychological exploration, immerses us in a world where reality and unreality intertwine, offering a masterpiece belonging to the mature stage of the Austrian author.
Moses Joseph Roth was a Austro-Hungarian journalist and novelist, best known for his family saga Radetzky March (1932), about the decline and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, his novel of Jewish life Job (1930) and his seminal essay "Juden auf Wanderschaft", a fragmented account of the Jewish migrations from eastern to western Europe in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Revolution. In the 21st century, publications in English of Radetzky March and of collections of his journalism from Berlin and Paris created a revival of interest in Roth.
