The Legend of the Holy Drinker

Name: The Legend of the Holy Drinker
Author: Joseph Roth

by Joseph Roth

Novella of destitute man finding unexpected grace and redemption

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Joseph Roth

Austrian novelist and journalist who was one of the most important writers of the interwar period. The Radetzky March is a masterpiece of elegiac fiction mourning the decline of the Habsburg Empire.

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The Radetzky MarchDecline of Austro-Hungarian military family through generations
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The Emperor's TombNovel following old emperor in dying empire after World War I