![]() ![]() ![]() Though Jewish, he rarely spoke about his Jewishness. Joseph Roth was an enigmatic figure in his life more than in his work. The disintegration and eventual extinction ofĪ family symbolizes a decline of an era and the collapse of traditional order- which belong to Joseph Roth's favorite themes and preoccupations. Together they form the Trotta dynasty, the youngest and most short-lived within the apostolic empire of the Hapsburgs, whose demise coincides with its own. The first wins titles of nobility, the second bears them gladly, The first saves the Emperor, the second represents himself, the third gives his life for him. On the surface, his novel tells three tales about three men. ![]() Roth explores this belief better than most. Nlike most theologians, some novelists believe that the world could end more than once- it ends whenever and wherever men and nations slaughter one another- and Joseph Based on an earlier translation by Geoffrey Dunlop. NovemThe Lives of Three Trottas By ELIE WIESELīy Joseph Roth. ![]()
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