num_pages: 272
description: Vienna of the late nineteenth century, with its contrasting images of pomp and profound melancholy, provides the backdrop for Joseph Roth's final novel, which he completed in exile, a few years before his tragic death in 1939. This brilliant, allegorical tale of seduction and personal and societal ruin, set amidst exquisite, wistful descriptions of a waning aristocratic age, provides an essential link to our understanding of Roth's extraordinary fictive powers.
language: English
title: The Tale of the 1002nd Night
titlecomplete: The Tale of the 1002nd Night
genres: Fiction, German Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Unfinished
ratings_count: 538
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: PEN Translation Prize
category: Michael Hofmann
publisher: Picador