Joseph Roth

Joseph Roth was an Austro-Hungarian journalist and novelist, best known for the family saga Radetzky March (1932), which follows the decline and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His novel Job (1930) portrays Jewish life, and his essay Juden auf Wanderschaft (1927) traces Jewish migrations from eastern to western Europe after World War I and the Russian Revolution. His other books include the war story Flight Without End, the magical realist The Legend of the Holy Drinker, and the mystery Confession of a Murderer.