In Rome, four members of a German family are reunited by chance. A young composer, Siegfried; his estranged father, Freidrich, who held office under the Nazis and is once more making his way in public life, this time as a democratically elected burgomeister; Siegfried's uncle, Judejahn, an unrepentant former SS general; and Judejahn's renegade son, Adolf, who is preparing himself for the Catholic priesthood. The four men recount their separate experiences in music, bureaucracy, arms and religion - and, taken together, they personify the German soul. Death in Rome is a history book, a family book, a book about the battle over who gets to represent the authentic face of post-war Germany. It is a devastating and brilliant evocation of an entire nation.
- ISBN10 1862075891
- ISBN13 9781862075894
- Publish Date 20 May 2004 (first published 31 March 1994)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 July 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Granta Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 224
- Language English