Synopsis
In the first English version of Roth's final novel, a young woman, abandoned by her lover in late nineteenth-century Vienna, is forced into a bordello, where she catches the eye of a Persian shah whose gift, a magnificent string of pearls, has an unexpected impact on her life. 10,000 first printing.
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Review
""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" ""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
About the Author
Joseph Roth (1894-1939) worked as a journalist in Vienna and Berlin until Hitler's rise. He then emigrated to Paris, where he died in 1939. Michael Hoffman is widely regarded as one of the world's foremost translators of works from German to English. He lives in London.
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