Joseph Roth

Joseph Roth's sensibility, both clear-eyed and nostalgic, harshly realistic and tenderly humane, produced some of the most distinctive fiction of the twentieth century. This collection of his most essential stories, in exquisite new translations by Ruth Martin, showcases the astonishing range and power of his short stories and novellas. In prose of aching beauty and precision, Roth shows us isolated souls pursuing lost ideals and impossible desires....