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Weights and Measures

by Joseph Roth

A life unsettled on Eastern Europe’s borderlands

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A life unsettled on Eastern Europe’s borderlands

Set in early-20th-century Ukraine amid the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Joseph Roth’s novel connects a personal story of a man’s disintegration with a wider period of political upheaval. Its stated concerns include uprooted identity, destiny, and loneliness, giving the book a historical setting and an inward, philosophical frame. The publisher also positions it alongside Roth’s *The Radetzky March* and identifies it as one of his final works.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in fiction set in early-20th-century Eastern Europe.
  • Those drawn to novels exploring identity, destiny, and loneliness.
  • Readers exploring Joseph Roth’s work, including books connected to *The Radetzky March*.

Themes

Uprooted identityDestinyLonelinessPolitical upheavalPersonal disintegration

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Book overview

"An absorbing, dark, beautifully written" novel on the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire "written with the melancholy wit and grace of Gogol" (New Statesman, The Times)

This deeply moving, deeply philosophical story set in Ukraine touches on timeless themes of uprooted identity, destiny, and loneliness

Widely praised and rarely available in English, Weights and Measures builds on Roth's most famous work, The Radetzky March. Among his final works, this fable about the disintegration of a good man transports us back in time to Eastern Europe's borderlands in the early 20th century.

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