Rebellion A Novel

Rebellion, the last of Joseph Roth's novels to be translated into English, captures the cynicism and upheavals of a postwar society.Moving along at a breakneck clip, its jazz-like cadences mix with trenchant, albeit fantastic, social commentary to create a wise parable about justice and society.AUTHORBIO: JOSEPH ROTH was born in Galicia in 1894. He worked as a journalist in Vienna and Berlin until Hitler's rise to power. In 1933 he emigrated to Paris, where he spent the rest of his life among a community of intellectual exiles.He died in 1939.

Joseph Roth was born in Galicia in 1894. He worked as a journalist in Vienna and Berlin until Hitler's rise to power. In 1933, he fled to Paris, where he joined a growing community of exiled intellectuals. He died there in 1939.

Michael Hofmann is a poet and frequent contributor to The New York Times Book Review, and is widely regarded as one of the world's foremost translators of works from German to English. He lives in London.

"Rebellion is reminiscent of Chekhov in its uncluttered, melancholy simplicity, while its sense of the larger, crushing incomprehensibility of things echoes Roth's older contemporary, Frank Kafka."—Richard Bernstein, The New York Times

"Roth's fictional world is one of terrifying uncertainty and instability, eerily mirroring his own [life]. His is considered by many to be one of the most important Jewish voices in German literature written between the two wars."—The Forward

"Rebellion puts the last piece of the Roth puzzle in place, leaving readers the gratifying task of exploring the manifold dimensions of this marvelous writer."—The Boston Globe

"Powerful . . . Hofmann's seemingly effortless translation adds greatly to the novel's appeal."—Booklist

Acclaim for Joseph Roth:
"The Totality of Joseph Roth's work is no less than a tragedie humaine achieved in the techniques of modern fiction."—Nadine Gordimer

"What a marvelous writer! Read him now. You can thank me later."—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book World

"One of the great writers in German of this century."—The Times (London)

"[Roth's] books possess an eerie clairvoyant feel; they are shattering in thei simplicity, exalting in their moral philosophical weight."—Melvin Jules Bukiet, The Los Angeles Times Book Review

"There is a poem on every page of Joseph Roth."—Joseph Brodsky