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Roth's 1937 novella reveals the evanescent beauty and mystery of a fallen world where nothing is quite on the level. Abruptly transported from his regimented military life to a loveless marriage and a civil service sinecure as Inspector of Weights and Measures in Zlotogrod, a rough and rowdy Austro-Hungarian outpost on the Russian border, upright Anselm Eibenschütz is befuddled and ultimately overmastered by a flood tide of casual turpitude...Log In or Sign Up to Read More