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THE LEGEND OF THE HOLY DRINKER
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| By: |
Joseph Roth, Frans Masereel (Illus), Michael Hofmann (Trans) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£9.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1862073813 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781862073814 |
| Publisher: |
GRANTA BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
16 October, 2000 |
| Pages: |
144 |
| Translated from: |
German |
| Description: |
This tale of an alcoholic is a secular, miracle story that describes the lucky breaks of a vagrant who, after living under bridges, is lifted briefly out of his miserable existence on to a different plane of life. |
| Synopsis: |
This was first published in 1939, the year the author died. Like Andreas, the hero of the story, Roth drank himself to death in Paris, but this is not an autobiographical work. It is a miracle-tale, in which the vagrant Andreas, after living under bridges, has a series of lucky breaks that lift him briefly onto a different plane. |
| Illustrations: |
16woodcuts |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Granta Books |
| Returns: |
Returnable |