by Joseph Roth · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788491817581
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The Legend of the Holy Drinker is a moving short novel by the Austrian author Joseph Roth. It tells the story of Andreas Kartak, a former miner who lives as a vagabond in Paris. One day, a stranger offers him 200 francs on the sole condition that he return them to the chapel of Saint Theresa of Lisieux. From this moment on, Andreas' life takes an unexpected turn, full of fulfilled promises and new opportunities, although always marked by his struggle against alcohol addiction. This edition includes the translation by Ibon Zubiaur.
Moses Joseph Roth was a Austro-Hungarian journalist and novelist, best known for his family saga Radetzky March (1932), about the decline and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, his novel of Jewish life Job (1930) and his seminal essay "Juden auf Wanderschaft", a fragmented account of the Jewish migrations from eastern to western Europe in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Revolution. In the 21st century, publications in English of Radetzky March and of collections of his journalism from Berlin and Paris created a revival of interest in Roth.
