Tante Jolesch or The Decline of the West in Anecdotes (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought. Translation Series) (Studies in Austrian Literature, ... Culture, and Thought. Translation Series)
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Manufacturer: Ariadne Pr
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.89240436
EAN: 9781572411494
ISBN: 157241149X
Label: Ariadne Pr
Manufacturer: Ariadne Pr
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 230
Publication Date: 2008-05-28
Publisher: Ariadne Pr
Studio: Ariadne Pr
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This is Friedrich Torberg's tribute to the largely Jewish coffeehouse world that flourished in Vienna amidst the afterglow of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until its final collapse in 1938. Based on Torberg's personal memories of intellectuals and eccentrics of the time, including Egon Friedell, Fritz Grunbaum, Egon Erwin Kisch, Alfred Polgar and Franz Werfel, this work evokes the storytelling and humor prominent among Vienna's coffeehouse denizens.
These anecdotes allow one to journey into the lives of assimilated Jews before the Shoah, one that begins in the living room of Tante Jolesch, revolves around the coffeeehouse, and extends to summer resorts, sports matches, dinner parties, a psychiatric clinic in the care of Sigmund Freud, and the office of a US consular official in charge of granting visas to the United States.
Torberg weaves together a literary monument to a group of people, a time, and a culture of which he saw himself as one of the last representatives.
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Summary: A look at one of the most treasured German writers
Comment: Friedrich Torberg is not one well known to English speakers, but his impact is still there. "Tante Jolesch or the Decline of the West in Anecdotes" is a memoir of sorts spanning many decades of his life. He reflects on his early days with other intellectuals in Vienna coffee houses towards his time as a budding author only to have his career cut short by Hitler's anti-Judaic sanctions. Fleeing to America, he plied his craft through the war as one of many German Anti-Nazi writers. He returned and kept writing, and his writings are compiled within. "Tante Jolesch" is a look at one of the most treasured German writers, and the book explains why he is rightfully so considered.
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