{"product_id":"death-in-rome-9780811240024","title":"Death in Rome","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eDeath in Rome\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of four members of a German family--a former SS officer, a young man preparing for the priesthood, a composer, and a government administrator--reunited by chance in the decaying beauty of postwar Rome. A chilling account of Nazis after the war, here the older generation is resentful but not repentant. From the old unreconstructed Nazi officer Judejahn (the name has a suggestion of \"Jew hunter\") to the young and apparently gay priest, from the supposedly reformed Mayor to the acclaimed but haunted young composer Siegfried, no clear hope emerges. And amid haunting flashbacks and against the shadows of Rome with its imperial echoes, the darkness is alive. Brace yourself: the novel takes place over a two-day period, mostly at night, and it's certain that the present will be governed by the past, if you let it. In \u003cem\u003eDeath in Rome\u003c\/em\u003e, Koeppen amply demonstrates that evil doesn't simply cease once it loses a war--it seeps out, hungry to exist in other forms. And as Siegfried confesses: \"In my daydreams and nightmares I see the Browns and the nationalist idiocy on the march again.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003ePigeons in the Grass\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Hothouse\u003c\/em\u003e, it concludes Koeppen's masterful trilogy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wolfgang Koeppen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.13w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811240024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKoeppen, Wolfgang:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eWolfgang Koeppen\u003c\/strong\u003e (1906-1996) was born in Greifswald and died in Munich. He worked as a junior chef, a dramaturge, and an editor. In 1951, 1953 and 1954 three novels were published to high acclaim for accurately capturing the atmosphere of the republic under Konrad Adenauer: \u003cem\u003ePigeons on the Grass\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Hothouse\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDeath in Rome\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHofmann, Michael:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - The award-winning translator \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Hofmann\u003c\/strong\u003e has also translated works by Jenny Erpenbeck, Gert Hofmann, Franz Kafka, Heinrich von Kleist, and Joseph Roth for New Directions. His translation of \u003cem\u003eKairos\u003c\/em\u003e by Jenny Erpenbeck was awarded the International Booker Prize in 2024.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCohen, Joshua:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJoshua Cohen \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of six novels, one collection of short fiction, and one collection of nonfiction. Called \"a major American writer\" by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and \"an extraordinary prose stylist, surely one of the most prodigious at work in American fiction today\" by the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, Cohen was awarded the 2013 Matanel Prize, and in 2017 was named one of \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e's Best Young American Novelists. \u003cem\u003eThe Netanyahus\u003c\/em\u003e won the 2021 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction and the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Wolfgang Koeppen \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48229137154205,"sku":"9780811240024","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_849f0c41-94e4-4e39-bbd2-ee4beb0ef56d.jpg?v=1778576146","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/death-in-rome-9780811240024","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}