'A novel one should not wish to be without . . . Roth is a very fine writer indeed.' - Angela Carter
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Joseph Roth was born in 1894 in a small Galician town on the eastern borders of the Hapsburg Empire. After serving in the Austro-Hungarian army from 1916 to 1918, he worked as a journalist in Vienna and in Berlin. He died in Paris in 1939, leaving behind thirteen novels as well as many stories and essays.
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Seller: Dan A. Domike, Hoquiam, WA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hint of a stain to the side edge. Otherwise a clean, unmarked copy with no spine creases. Seller Inventory # 005189
Seller: Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, softcover, VG in b and w and silver pictorial wraps. Originally written in German and published in Germany in 1966. Examining the mind of a revoluytionary and the impersonality of idealogy, this is "Trotsky novel" written around 1928 and is Roth's attempt to explain the Russian Revolution and its betrayal by it leaders. A brilliant portrayal of revolutionary idealism-trned-cynicism. 220 pp. Book. Seller Inventory # 33385
Seller: Hubert Colau, LA BAZOCHE GOUET, France
Condition: fine. PHOTOS SUR DEMANDE. BROCHE EN TRES BON ETAT. The Silent Prophet. Roth, Joseph Overlook Press, Broché, 1990. Seller Inventory # Z5689JKN