With his charming style imbued with biting sarcasm, Joseph Root takes us in his novel "The Story of the Thousand and Two Nights" to the world of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the late nineteenth century, weaving for us a captivating story that reveals the falsity and fragility of the values ​​of that aristocratic society that is on the verge of collapse. The novel's events revolve around a visit by the Shah of Persia to Vienna, where his path crosses with a charming "countess", married to a man of influence and power. The Shah's admiration for the Countess arouses his urgent desire to spend one night with her, which leads to a diplomatic and moral dilemma that threatens to ignite a crisis between Persia and Austria. In a desperate attempt to contain the situation, Baron Taittinger, the Countess's former friend, steps in and offers an unexpected solution that brilliantly sums up the moral hypocrisy of that society.

يُعدّ "يوزف روت" (1894-1939) واحدًا من أهمّ كتّابِ النّمسا في القرن العشرين. وقد اشتهرَ بأسلوبهِ السّاخر ونقدِهِ اللّاذع لِمجتمعِهِ وعصرِه. من أشهرِ رواياتهِ: "أيّوب"، "مارش راديتسكي"، "الاعتراف الزائف".