Confession of a Murderer

Confession of a Murderer
Author Joseph Roth
Original title Beichte eines Mörders
Translator Desmond I. Vesey
Country Netherlands
Language German
Publisher A. de Lange
Publication date
 1936
Published in English
 1937
Pages 262

Confession of a Murderer (German: Beichte eines Mörders) is a 1936 novel by the Austrian writer Joseph Roth. It has the subtitle Told in One Night (Erzählt in einer Nacht). The narrative focuses on an exile Russian, Golubchik, who tells what he claims to be his life's story to an alcoholic writer.

Reception

James A. Snead of The New York Times wrote in 1985: "Roth's night-story implicitly identifies the twilight of the Austro-Hungarian Empire with Golubchik's private 'tragedy of banality.' His futile search for paternity, homeland and revenge, ranging over 'Old Europe' from Odessa to Paris, is an ambivalent elegy to a lost epoch. The double narration creates an air of evasiveness and manipulation that mirrors the intrigues of the state bureaucracies Golubchik encounters."[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Snead, James A. (1985-07-14). "In Short". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-04-11.

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