EPISODE · Dec 26, 2023 · 30 MIN
Endless Flight: The Genius and Tragedy of Joseph Roth by Keiron Pim
from Full Trial Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & Culture · host Larissa Abshire
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/710685 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Endless Flight: The Genius and Tragedy of Joseph Roth Author: Keiron Pim Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 33 minutes Release date: December 26, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The mercurial, self-mythologizing novelist and journalist Joseph Roth, author of the twentieth-century masterpiece The Radetzky March, was the finest observer and chronicler of his age. Endless Flight travels with Roth from his childhood in the town of Brody on the eastern edge of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to an unsettled life spent roaming Europe between the wars, including spells in Vienna, Paris, and Berlin. His decline mirrored the collapse of civilized Europe: in his last peripatetic decade, he opposed Nazism in exile from Germany, his wife succumbed to schizophrenia, and he died an alcoholic on the eve of WWII. Exploring the role of Roth's absent father in his imaginings, his attitude to his Jewishness, and his restless search for home, Keiron Pim's gripping account of Roth's chaotic life speaks powerfully to us in our era of uncertainty, refugee crises, and rising ethno-nationalism. Published as Roth's works rapidly gain new listeners and recognition, Endless Flight delivers a visceral yet sensitive portrait of his quest for belonging, and a riveting understanding of the brilliance and beauty of his work.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/710685 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Endless Flight: The Genius and Tragedy of Joseph Roth Author: Keiron Pim Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 33 minutes Release date: December 26, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The mercurial, self-mythologizing novelist and journalist Joseph Roth, author of the twentieth-century masterpiece The Radetzky March, was the finest observer and chronicler of his age. Endless Flight travels with Roth from his childhood in the town of Brody on the eastern edge of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to an unsettled life spent roaming Europe between the wars, including spells in Vienna, Paris, and Berlin. His decline mirrored the collapse of civilized Europe: in his last peripatetic decade, he opposed Nazism in exile from Germany, his wife succumbed to schizophrenia, and he died an alcoholic on the eve of WWII. Exploring the role of Roth's absent father in his imaginings, his attitude to his Jewishness, and his restless search for home, Keiron Pim's gripping account of Roth's chaotic life speaks powerfully to us in our era of uncertainty, refugee crises, and rising ethno-nationalism. Published as Roth's works rapidly gain new listeners and recognition, Endless Flight delivers a visceral yet sensitive portrait of his quest for belonging, and a riveting understanding of the brilliance and beauty of his work.
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