In the twilight of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Anselm Eibenschütz is appointed inspector of weights and measures in a remote border town. There he encounters a shadowy world of gamblers and smugglers - and discovers his wife is pregnant by another man. Right and wrong prove hard to judge, as Eibenschütz is drawn into a destructive affair of his own.In this late masterpiece, Joseph Roth depicts the slow corruption of a decent man at the lawless edge of a crumbling world.
Weights and Measures
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Perlefter : Relato de una vida burguesa
El Leviatán. El jefe de estación Fallmerayer. El busto del emperador. Abril
Job : Historia de un hombre sencillo
La marcha Radetzky
La Cripta de los Capuchinos
El peso falso
La Cripta de los Capuchinos
La leyenda del santo bebedor
Hotel Savoy
La leyenda del Santo Bebedor
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