The Emperor's Tomb

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The Emperor's Tomb
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Author Joseph Roth
Original titleDie Kapuzinergruft
TranslatorJohn Hoare
LanguageGerman
PublisherDe Gemeenschap
Publication date
1938
Publication placeNetherlands
Published in English
1984
Pages231

The Emperor's Tomb (German : Die Kapuzinergruft) is a 1938 novel by the Austrian writer Joseph Roth. The Overlook Press published an English translation by John Hoare in 1984. [1] The title refers to the Imperial Crypt in Vienna. The novel was adapted into the 1971 film Trotta directed by Johannes Schaaf. [2] New Directions Publishing Corporation published a new translation by Michael Hofmann in 2013. [3]

Contents

New German edition, based on the first print: Joseph Roth, Die Kapuzinergruft, ed. by Werner Bellmann, Reclam, Stuttgart 2013. [with detailed commentary and epilog]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tonkin, Katharine (2008). Joseph Roth's March Into History: From the Early Novels to Radetzkymarsch and Die Kapuzinergruft. p. 204. ISBN   1-57113-389-5.
  2. ↑ Nürnberger, Helmuth (1981). Joseph Roth (in German). p. 152. ISBN   3-499-50301-8.
  3. ↑ Pudles, Daniel. "Darkness before dawn" (subscription required), The Economist , 2 February 2013. Retrieved on 4 August 2025.


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