The Coral Merchant

Essential Stories

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Pub Date Nov 10 2020 | Archive Date Oct 21 2020
Pushkin Press | Pushkin Collection

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New translations of the six greatest short stories by Joseph Roth, collected in a beautiful edition

Joseph Roth's sensibility--both clear-eyed and nostalgic, harshly realistic and tenderly humane--produced some of the most distinctive fiction of the twentieth century. This collection of his most essential stories, in exquisite new translations by Ruth Martin, showcases the astonishing range and power of his short stories and novellas.

In prose of aching beauty and precision, Roth shows us isolated souls pursuing lost ideals and impossible desires. Forced to remove a bust of the fallen Austrian emperor from his house, an eccentric old count holds a funeral for it and intends to be buried in the same plot himself; a humble coral merchant, dissatisfied with his life and longing for the sea, chooses to adulterate his wares with false coral, with catastrophic results; young Fini, just entering the haze of early sexuality, falls into an unsatisfying relationship with an older musician. With the greatest craft and sensitivity, Roth unfolds the many fragilities of the human heart.
New translations of the six greatest short stories by Joseph Roth, collected in a beautiful edition

Joseph Roth's sensibility--both clear-eyed and nostalgic, harshly realistic and tenderly...

Advance Praise

‘One of the greatest writers of the first half of the tormented 20th century’ — Simon Schama, Financial Times

'Roth is Austria's Chekhov'--William Boyd

'Joseph Roth is counted among the great novelists of the twentieth century'--TLS

‘What Roth sees and hands on is a unique essence, conveying the fragility of what is truly human in us, the ridiculous and the tragic' — Nadine Gordimer

‘One of the greatest writers of the first half of the tormented 20th century’ — Simon Schama, Financial Times

'Roth is Austria's Chekhov'--William Boyd

'Joseph Roth is counted among the great...


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A book of short stories that were very meaningful and impactful. The kind that have a true moral to the story and make you truly think and reflect on what you are doing with YOUR life. The story of the homeless man was particularly impactful and really resonated with me. Highly recommend. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

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Breathtaking, heartbreaking, beautiful, and nostalgic. This is a tidy little collection of stories to read and re-read.

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