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Reviewed on January 1, 2004
A prolific author of several novels, of which The Radetzky March is considered his masterpiece, Roth was born in 1894 to Jewish parents in the eastern part of the Hapsburg Empire. After serving with the Austro-Hungarian army in World War I, he began writing for left-wing newspapers in Vienna. His journalism career established, he moved on to Berlin and a celebrated association with the Fra...Log In or Sign Up to Read More