The Radetzky March

One of the greatest novels ever written, Joseph Roth tells us who we are, and what we might yet become. Timeless, humane, tragic -- Philippe Sands
For sheer, epic sweep, I love reading The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth, set in imperial Vienna. I can't recommend it highly enough -- Jeremy Paxman
Timeless... I re-read this book every two or three years, captivated anew by its low-key melancholia and its wry take on the human predicament -- William Boyd * Mail on Sunday *
He saw, he listened, he understood. The Radetzky March is a dark, disturbing novel of eccentric beauty... If you have yet to experience Roth, begin here, and then read everything * Irish Times *
Roth weds epic sweep and scope to irony, pathos and keen wit, sustained across glorious set-pieces... Michael Hofmann's dazzling translations have secured a place for Roth, that peerless celebrant and satirist of the dying Austro-Hungarian Empire, in the affections of an army of Anglophone readers -- Boyd Tonkin * Independent *
A heartfelt evocation of an Empire in which he discernedvirtues that outweighed all the burdens of a mindless officialdom... Roth's masterpiece is of such enormous relevance to our times that we must be grateful that it has found in Michael Hofmann, a translator who does justice to its understated grief * The Times *
One of the great novels of the last century. Its theme, beautifully articulated, is the end of an era. Roth's anthem for a vanished world has the intense, fleeting beauty of a sunset * Sunday Telegraph *
Michael Hofmann has rendered us a service by bringing us a fresh and lively translation of a 20th Century masterpiece * Telegraph *
Over recent years, the poet Michael Hofmann's glittering translations of Joseph Roth have single-handedly given a vanished voice fresh resonance in the English-speaking world. Now Hofmann has surpassed himself with the jewel in Roth's crown. The Radetzky March [is] a majestically assured and engaging novel. * Independent *
A great, wise, droll, novel -- William Boyd * The Week *
Remarkable... Elegantly told and rich in social history * London Magazine *