The Guild Review

Thanks to Aaron for suggesting this topic. Before I discuss the six books I have chosen, I would like to make two preliminary remarks. Fi...

This weekend's Wall Street Journal features a review of a new English translation of a selection of Joseph Roth's letters. The rev...

Today I will discuss Joseph Roth ’s last novella, The Legend of the Holy Drinker . In this work, published only months before his own untime...

Yesterday I sketched some of the most important details of Joseph Roth’s life, as they affected his view of what I have not so charitably t...

“He who has no unhappiness does not believe in miracles.” “God grant all us drinkers such an easy, beautiful death!” This summer I read two ...