Die Kapuzinergruft

The Emperor's Tomb

Author

Joseph Roth

Language

German

Year

1938

First Pub.

Netherlands

Genre

Novel

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The Emperor's Tomb is a 1938 novel by the Austrian writer Joseph Roth. The Overlook Press published an English translation by John Hoare in 1984. The title refers to the Imperial Crypt in Vienna. The novel was adapted into the 1971 film Trotta directed by Johannes Schaaf. New Directions Publishing Corporation published a new translation by Michael Hofmann in 2013.