Gathers thirty-four impressionistic and political essays by journalist and novelist Joseph Roth based on his observations of the war-shattered city of Berlin upon his arrival in 1920 and through the early 1930s. Reprint. 10,000 first printing. "[Joseph Roth] is now recognized as one of the twentieth century's great writers."-Anthony Heilbut, Los Angeles Times Book Review Translator's Introduction 11(12) Part I What I Saw 1 Going for a Walk 23(8) Part II The Jewish Quarter 2 The Orient on Hirtenstrasse 31(4) 3 Refugees from the East 35(6) 4 Solomon's Temple in Berlin 41(4) 5 Wailing Wall 45(8) Part III Displaced Persons 6 Nights in Dives 53(10) 7 With the Homeless 63(6) 8 The Steam Baths at Night 69(6) 9 Schiller Park 75(4) 10 The Unnamed Dead 79(6) Part IV Traffic 11 The Resurrection 85(4) 12 The Ride Past the Houses 89(4) 13 Passengers with Heavy Loads 93(4) 14 Some Reflections on Traffic 97(8) 15 Affirmation of the Triangular Railway Junction 105(6) Part V Berlin Under Construction 16 Skyscrapers 111(4) 17 Architecture 115(4) 18 The Very Large Department Store 119(6) 19 "Stone Berlin" 125(6) Part VI Bourgeoisie and Bohemians 20 The Man in the Barbershop 131(104) 21 Richard Without a Kingdom 235 22 The Word at Schwannecke's 142(5) 23 The Kurfurstendamni 147(6) Part VII Berlin's Pleasure Industry 24 The Philosophy of the Panopticum 153(4) 25 An Hour at the Amusement Park 157(4) 26 The Twelfth Berlin Six-Day Races 161(6) 27 The Conversion of a Sinner in Berlin's UFA Palace 167(4) 28 The Berlin Pleasure Industry 171(8) Part VIII An Apolitical Observer Goes to the Reichstag 29 The Tour Around the Victory Column 179(4) 30 A Visit to the Rathenau Museum 183(6) 31 Election Campaign in Berlin 189(4) 32 An Apolitical Observer Goes to the Reichstag 193(6) 33 Farewell to the Dead 199(8) Part IX. Look Back in Anger 34 The Auto-do-Fe of the Mind 207(12) Credits and Sources 219 (2) Index 221(4) About the Author 225(2) About the Translator 227