{"product_id":"the-hundred-days-by-joseph-roth","title":"The Hundred Days","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Joseph Roth\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from the German by Richard Panchyk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“An achingly beautiful fictional account of the rise and fall of the Emperor Napoleon.”—Abby Margulies, \u003cem\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A novel of great sensitivity and resonance. \u003ci\u003eThe Hundred Days\u003c\/i\u003e is a meditation on the nature of greatness and love’s dogged loyalty, interwoven with the well-balanced irony that is Roth’s trademark. It’s a sad little gem.”—\u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoseph Roth paints a vivid portrait of Emperor Napoleon's last grab at glory, the hundred days spanning his escape from Elba to his final defeat at Waterloo. This particularly poignant work, set in the first half of 1815 and largely in Paris, is told from two perspectives, that of Napoleon himself and that of the lowly, devoted palace laundress Angelica—an unlucky creature who deeply loves him. In \u003cem\u003eThe Hundred Days\u003c\/em\u003e, Roth refracts the deep sorrow of their intertwined fates.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoth’s signature lyrical elegance and haunting atmospheric details sing in \u003cem\u003eThe Hundred Days\u003c\/em\u003e. “There may be,” as James Wood has stated, “no modern writer more able to combine the novelistic and the poetic, to blend lusty, undamaged realism with sparkling powers of metaphor and simile.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e215 pages\u003cbr\u003eNew Directions, 2016\u003cbr\u003eOriginally Published in 1935\u003cbr\u003e5.1 x 0.7 x 7.7 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9780811225113\u003cbr\u003eHistorical Fiction, Biographical Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cheader\u003e\u003c\/header\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":10189226501,"sku":"9780811225113","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/products\/The_Hundred_Days_Paperback.jpg?v=1588696781","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hundred-days-by-joseph-roth","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}