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The Tale of the 1002nd Night

A Novel

Author: Joseph Roth; Translated by Michael Hofmann

The Tale of the 1002nd Night

The Tale of the 1002nd Night

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Vienna of the late nineteenth century, with its contrasting images of pomp and profound melancholy, provides the backdrop for Joseph Roth's final novel, which he completed in exile, a few years before...

Page Count
272
On Sale
04/01/2011

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Vienna of the late nineteenth century, with its contrasting images of pomp and profound melancholy, provides the backdrop for Joseph Roth's final novel, which he completed in exile, a few years before his tragic death in 1939. The Tale of the 1002nd Night is a brilliant, allegorical tale of seduction and personal and societal ruin, set amidst exquisite, wistful descriptions of a waning aristocratic age, and provides an essential link to our understanding of Roth's extraordinary fictive powers.

Imprint Publisher

St. Martin's Press

ISBN

9781429980029

In The News

The Tale of the 1002nd Night is sexy, highly ironic, sophisticated, and funny.... What a wonderful writer! Read him now. Thank me later.” —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book World

“[Roth's] books possess an eerie clairvoyant feel; they are shattering in their simplicity, exalting in their moral philosophical weight.” —Melvin Jules Bukiet, Los Angeles Times Book Review

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The Tale of the 1002nd Night

The Tale of the 1002nd Night

$11.99

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