{"product_id":"9781805330653","title":"Weights and Measures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A masterly performance' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph Roth's dark fable about a man torn between resolve and restlessness in Eastern Europe's borderlands\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the twilight of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Anselm Eibensch�tz is appointed inspector of weights and measures in a remote border town. There he encounters a shadowy world of gamblers and smugglers - and discovers his wife is pregnant by another man. Right and wrong prove hard to judge, as Eibensch�tz is drawn into a destructive affair of his own. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this late masterpiece, Joseph Roth depicts the slow corruption of a decent man at the lawless edge of a crumbling world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated by David Le Vay.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJOSEPH ROTH (1894-1939) was born into a Jewish family in the small town of Brody in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. He studied first in Lemberg and then in Vienna, and served in the Austrian army during World War I. He later worked as a journalist in Vienna and Berlin, travelling widely, staying in hotels and living out of suitcases, while also becoming a prolific writer of fiction. Roth left Germany when Hitler came to power in 1933 and settled in Paris, where he died just before the outbreak of World War II. As well as his masterpiece \u003ci\u003eThe Radetzky March\u003c\/i\u003e, he was the author of over two dozen works of fiction and non-fiction, including \u003ci\u003eOn the End of the World, The Coral Merchant\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFlight Without End\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by or forthcoming from Pushkin Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDAVID LE VAY (1915-2001) was a consultant surgeon in the NHS for over thirty years. Combining his medical work with a literary career, he authored medical textbooks and biographies of prominent historical surgeons, as well as translating works from French, German, Spanish and Latin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54819757457784,"sku":"9781805330653","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9781805330653.jpg?v=1732214477","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781805330653","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}