JOSEPH ROTH TRAVEL PROSE

Discover the world through the eyes of Joseph Roth, a writer and traveler who found both solace and suffering in hotels. His essays are a journey to seemingly trivial places, but carrying deep meaning, reflecting life and death. Ewa Lipska introduces us to this melancholic world, where every detail has its own story.

• Melancholic landscapes and train station waiting rooms
• Yellow glow of photography, frozen moments
• Returns to places that no longer exist
• Views from the window, fleeting moments from city life
• Bitterness of the metropolis and apathy of urban queues
• Wax life that has melted
• Essays-poems about seemingly trivial places

Joseph Roth, a master of words, takes us on a journey through hotels, train stations and melancholic landscapes. His life, packed on a luggage cart, is a constant return to the past, to places that no longer exist. In his essays-poems we find images from everyday life: someone plays dominoes, a gramophone shouts out joy and sorrow, and ordinary city life is played out on the street.

Ewa Lipska, in the introduction to the book, introduces us to Roth's world, where every detail has its meaning. A photographic studio, a undertaker with a waxen face, dolls and wigs - all this makes up an image of lost beauty. Roth sails to seemingly insignificant places, but carrying the essence of life and death. He knows that there are no fixed places, but only a constant journey and fleeting faces.

"Travel Prose" is a collection of essays-poems that transport us in time and space. Roth, with extraordinary sensitivity, describes the places and people he meets on his way. His texts are full of melancholy and reflection on transience. This is a read for those who appreciate the beauty of the word and the depth of thought.

The book published by Austeria is a guarantee of high editorial quality. The hardcover and careful edition make it an ideal gift for literature lovers. The format 14.5x20.5 cm and 194 pages are full of extraordinary stories that will surely be remembered.