Flucht ohne Ende [Escape without End]

The Escape Without End is a novel by Joseph Roth, which was written in 1927 during the author's trip to Albania and was published by Kurt Wolff in Munich in the same year. According to Roth, the novel is a piece of autobiography. Franz Tunda, lieutenant in the Austrian army, escapes from Russian captivity and finds shelter in the taiga with the Pole Baranowicz in Werchne-Udinsk. In the spring of 1919, the first lieutenant found out about the end of the war and wanted to go to Vienna to see his bride, Miss Irene Hartmann. In the midst of the turmoil of the Russian civil war, the fugitive first falls into the hands of the whites and ultimately stays with the reds. Tunda falls in love with his superior, the Russian Natasha Alexandrovna, becomes a revolutionary himself, gives passionate communist speeches and proclaims self-written appeals.