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Subtle and touching study of family life at the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Translated by Joachim Neugroschel.
Synopsis
This is a touching study of family life at the time of the demise of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Writing in the traditional form of the family saga, Roth gives a detailed and intimate portrait of family life and the wider panorama of a failing dynasty.