Joseph Roth (1894-1939), the greatest newpaper correspondent of his age, left the splintering Weimar Republic for Paris in 1925. His essays from "Report from a Parisian Paradise" evoke a world of suppleness, beauty and promise. So prophetic were Roth's perceptions of a world where "the girls became increasingly more lost and innocent" that he increasingly resorted to drink to douse his vision of a conflagration that could not be averted. From the port town of Marseille to the Riviera of Nice and Monte Carlo, to the erotic ...
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Joseph Roth (1894-1939), the greatest newpaper correspondent of his age, left the splintering Weimar Republic for Paris in 1925. His essays from "Report from a Parisian Paradise" evoke a world of suppleness, beauty and promise. So prophetic were Roth's perceptions of a world where "the girls became increasingly more lost and innocent" that he increasingly resorted to drink to douse his vision of a conflagration that could not be averted. From the port town of Marseille to the Riviera of Nice and Monte Carlo, to the erotic hill country around Avignon Roth's, and from the socialist workers and cattlemen with whom Roth ate breakfast to prostitutes and Sunday bullfighters, Roth's book is a swan song to a European order that could no longer hold.
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Seller's Description:
Good. Ex-library copy with expected stickers and stamps. Pages are very crisp and clean, binding solid. Jacket is protected in clear plastic. Appears to have had little use. Books, box sets, and items other than standard jewel case CDs and DVDs that sell for $9 or more ship in a box; under $9 in a bubble mailer. Expedited and international orders may ship in a flat rate envelope rather than a box due to cost constraints. All US-addressed items ship with complimentary delivery confirmation.
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Like New. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; 1st print (full # line), text looks new and unread, tight clean unmarked, boards likewise new looking & undamaged, dust jacket NOT price-clipped, Fine/Very Good Plus.
