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The first novel in Joseph Roth's Von Trotta Family series, which tells the family's story over the span of several generations, encompassing the rise and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The story is an unparalleled saga portraying an empire in decline.
About the Author
Joseph Roth, journalist and novelist, was born and grew up in Brody, a small town near Lemberg in East Galicia, part of the easternmost reaches of what was then the Austro-Hungarian empire and is now Ukraine. Roth was born into a Jewish family. He died in Paris after living there in exile.
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