The Silent Prophet

by Joseph Roth

Publisher:

The Overlook Press

, 2003

Overview

The renowned author of The Radetzky March examines the mind of a Russian Revolutionary and the limitations of ideology in this classic n ovel.
Based on his own observations during an extended stay in Moscow in the winter of 1926, The Silent Prophet is Joseph Roth’s vivid attempt to explain the Russian Revolution and its betrayal by exposing the personal motivations of its leaders. Written at the height of speculation about the fate of Marxist Revolutionary Leon Trotsky, it is a brilliant portrayal of revolutionary idealism-turned-cynicism.
The illegitimate and rootless Friedrich Kargan—the Trotsky figure—becomes a leader of the Red Army during the civil war. But he soon realizes that the ideals he fought for were already lost. after openly defying the coldly amoral Savelli—the novel’s Stalin figure—Kargan is sent into exile in Siberia.

Product Details

• Title: The Silent Prophet
• Author: Joseph Roth
• Publisher: The Overlook Press
• Print Publication Date: 2003
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Pages: 220
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9781468302066, 9781585674213, 1585674214, 146830206X
• Resource ID: LLS:9781468302066
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-11-25T04:57:17Z

About Joseph Roth

Joseph Roth, born Moses Joseph Roth (September 2, 1894 in Brody – May 27, 1939 in Paris), was an Austrian journalist and novelist, best known for his family saga Radetzky March (1932) about the decline and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and for his novel of Jewish life, Job (1930) as well as the seminal essay ‘Juden auf Wanderschaft’ (1927) translated in English as The Wandering Jews, a fragmented account about the Jewish migrations from eastern to western Europe in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Revolution.