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Description edit
A prophetic novel that ranks with The Tin Drum and W. G. Sebald's The Emigrants as one of the essential works of contemporary European fiction. Wolfgang Koeppen's Death in Rome , in the words of translator Michael Hofmann, "is a comprehensive and brilliant provocation of an entire... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
First Sentence edit
Once upon a time, this city was a home to gods, now there's only Raphael in the Pantheon, a demigod, a darling of Apollo's, but the corpses that joined him later are a sorry bunch, a cardinal of dubious merit, a couple of monarchs and their purblind generals, high-flying civil servants, scholars that made it into the reference books, artists of academic distinction.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 681 of 1286 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Wolfgang Koeppen (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 833.912
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