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Joseph Roth's writing techniques - from what already is into what is coming

I recently started reading Joseph Roth, his famous novel "Radetzkymarsch". There is a technique in his writing style, a sophisticated technique, that struck me.   It is possible to observe a starting point, from a focalized close object, which opens the field where the object is situated, and then enlarges towards more ample horizons where the thought is going to resonate in a fading step-by-step analysis. When the resonance has almost faded, the descriptive action of the resonating starting point ends in a logical but turning point resolution. A technique which I would resume in moving from what already is into what is coming Sump up. After being wounded in battle, saving the emperor's life, Lieutenant Joseph Trotta was appointed captain and granted the noble title by the emperor himself. After his recovery, the Lieutenant tries to return to everyday life as before. At this point of the novel, it starts a long tracking shot backwards, from a close-up of his face reflecte...