Aunt Jolesch

Succinctly and with great linguistic wit, Friedrich Torberg draws from his own memory a portrait of the lovable, long-lost world of the former Habsburg Empire and the Jewish bohemia in Budapest, Prague, and Vienna. At the same time, he brings a fascinating chapter of cultural history to life in a new light and with old splendor. Once again, the spirit of an entire era is conjured, telling of all the great and small people who frequented the coffee houses of the Habsburg metropolises. Torberg himself calls this collection of stories from times gone by a "book of melancholy" in his foreword, yet it is a cheerful, smiling melancholy that shines through his polished, witty, humorous anecdotes.


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Langen Müller Verlag GmbH, Thomas-Wimmer-Ring 11, 80539, Munich, Germany, info@langenmueller.de