Coexistent Contradictions: Joseph Roth in Retrospect Edited by Helen Chambers

As a socialist monarchist, Jewish Catholic, skeptical mystic, and humorous sage, Roth has never fitted neatly into any one literary or historical category. The essays in this volume, devoted to the Austrian writer Joseph Roth on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death in Paris in 1939, take a fresh look at his apparent contradictions and demonstrate his contemporary relevance as an acute analyst of the relationship between private life and political change.
"An informative and stimulating collection of essays devoted to an author who, even today, has not yet been completely understood and properly appreciated for his artistic diversity.” The German Quarterly