The Tale of the 1002nd Night A Novel Author:Joseph Roth 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... more » of a waning aristocratic age, provides an essential link to our understanding of Roth's extraordinary fictive powers.« less