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'A masterly performance' Evening Standard
Joseph Roth's dark fable about a man torn between resolve and restlessness in Eastern Europe's borderlands
In the twilight of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Anselm Eibenschutz is appointed inspector of weights and measures in a remote border town. There he encounters a shadowy world of gamblers and smugglers - and discovers his wife is pregnant by another man. Right and wrong prove hard to judge, as Eibenschutz is drawn into a destructive affair of his own.
In this late masterpiece, Joseph Roth depicts the slow corruption of a decent man at the lawless edge of a crumbling world.
Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.
Translated by David Le Vay.
JOSEPH ROTH (1894-1939) was born into a Jewish family in the small town of Brody in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. He studied first in Lemberg and then in Vienna, and served in the Austrian army during World War I. He later worked as a journalist in Vienna and Berlin, travelling widely, staying in hotels and living out of suitcases, while also becoming a prolific writer of fiction. Roth left Germany when Hitler came to power in 1933 and settled in Paris, where he died just before the outbreak of World War II. As well as his masterpiece The Radetzky March, he was the author of over two dozen works of fiction and non-fiction, including On the End of the World, The Coral Merchant and Flight Without End, all published by or forthcoming from Pushkin Press.
DAVID LE VAY (1915-2001) was a consultant surgeon in the NHS for over thirty years. Combining his medical work with a literary career, he authored medical textbooks and biographies of prominent historical surgeons, as well as translating works from French, German, Spanish and Latin.
Joseph Roth's dark fable about a man torn between resolve and restlessness in Eastern Europe's borderlands
In the twilight of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Anselm Eibenschutz is appointed inspector of weights and measures in a remote border town. There he encounters a shadowy world of gamblers and smugglers - and discovers his wife is pregnant by another man. Right and wrong prove hard to judge, as Eibenschutz is drawn into a destructive affair of his own.
In this late masterpiece, Joseph Roth depicts the slow corruption of a decent man at the lawless edge of a crumbling world.
Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.
Translated by David Le Vay.
JOSEPH ROTH (1894-1939) was born into a Jewish family in the small town of Brody in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. He studied first in Lemberg and then in Vienna, and served in the Austrian army during World War I. He later worked as a journalist in Vienna and Berlin, travelling widely, staying in hotels and living out of suitcases, while also becoming a prolific writer of fiction. Roth left Germany when Hitler came to power in 1933 and settled in Paris, where he died just before the outbreak of World War II. As well as his masterpiece The Radetzky March, he was the author of over two dozen works of fiction and non-fiction, including On the End of the World, The Coral Merchant and Flight Without End, all published by or forthcoming from Pushkin Press.
DAVID LE VAY (1915-2001) was a consultant surgeon in the NHS for over thirty years. Combining his medical work with a literary career, he authored medical textbooks and biographies of prominent historical surgeons, as well as translating works from French, German, Spanish and Latin.
Industry Reviews
'A haunting little book, touched by genius' - Guardian
'An absorbing fable, dark, beautifully written and with a physical immediacy in the prose' - New Statesman
'Written with the melancholy wit and grace of Gogol' - The Times
'One of the greatest writers of the first half of the tormented 20th century' - Simon Schama
'An absorbing fable, dark, beautifully written and with a physical immediacy in the prose' - New Statesman
'Written with the melancholy wit and grace of Gogol' - The Times
'One of the greatest writers of the first half of the tormented 20th century' - Simon Schama
ISBN: 9781805330653
ISBN-10: 1805330659
Series: Pushkin Press Classics
Published: 4th February 2025
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 160
Publisher: Faber Factory
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.6
Weight (kg): 0.15
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