{"product_id":"death-in-rome","title":"Death in Rome","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe final novel in Wolfgang Koeppen's acclaimed postwar trilogy, \u003cem\u003eDeath in Rome\u003c\/em\u003e follows four members of a German family brought together in Rome a decade after the Second World War. A former SS officer, a young man preparing for the priesthood, a celebrated composer, and a government official each carry the weight of their own past as old loyalties, buried guilt, and unresolved histories surface over the course of two uneasy days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet against the grandeur and decay of postwar Rome, the novel is a powerful meditation on memory, complicity, and the persistence of fascism. Written with psychological intensity and moral clarity, \u003cem\u003eDeath in Rome\u003c\/em\u003e asks what happens when a society attempts to move forward without confronting its past. Widely regarded as a masterpiece of postwar German literature, it concludes Koeppen's landmark trilogy alongside \u003cem\u003ePigeons on the Grass\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Hothouse\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWolfgang Koeppen (1906–1996) was one of the most important German novelists of the postwar period. His fiction confronts the moral and political aftermath of the Second World War with extraordinary formal innovation and psychological insight. \u003cem\u003eDeath in Rome\u003c\/em\u003e is translated from the German by Michael Hofmann.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew Directions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeptember 30, 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e224\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubjects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiterary Fiction · Translated Fiction · German Literature · Modern Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9780811240024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45188957044918,"sku":"9780811240024","price":27.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9780811240024.jpg?v=1781624363","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/death-in-rome","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}