| 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 a Russian exile, Golubchik, who tells what he claims is his life's story to a group of people, including Roth, in a restaurant in Paris.
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
- ↑ Snead, James A. (1985-07-14). "In Short". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
External links
- Confession of a Murderer at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (in German)