Le yenye yezo ziqokeleli-kuphela ezintsha zoncwadi. Zombini zikwimo nangezinto. Yintoni umbhali omkhulu UJoseph Roth ngekhe igcinwe njengomzobo wencwadi yokubalisa ngobuntwana bakhe obunzima obukhokelele kule ntetho yokugqibela emva kokubhubha kwakhe ekuqaleni kweMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi, ulixhoba lotywala.
URoth ungomnye wababhali beentsomi, uqalekisiwe yiMbali kunye neemeko zayo, kunokuba uqalekisiwe ngokukhetha kwakhe. UmJuda kwi-Europe yangaphambi kobuNazi kunye nexhoba leengxaki ezahlukeneyo zosapho ebuntwaneni bakhe nasekukhuleni kwakhe, ufikile ukuza kuthi ga ngoku egutyungelwe yinkungu eshinyeneyo malunga nenyani yobomi bakhe.
Ubuntwana bomdali benziwe ngedatha ethile eyahlukileyo kunye neentsomi ezinokubaliswa nguye ngokwakhe. Ngesi sizathu, mhlawumbi iStrawberries inokuba ngumsebenzi oqinisekileyo apho abafundi bayo banokufumana ukukhanya okuthile kubomi bombhali phakathi kweprozi yakhe kunye nokukwazi kwakhe ukulingana nazo zonke iintlobo zabalinganiswa kwiimeko ezicace kakhulu ezibhengeza ukwehla kweYurophu phakathi kwemibono kunye nentiyo.
Umbono wakhe womntwana owayekhonzwa ukuba aqhubele phambili kwisiqwenga esimanzi ngumnqweno wokuba ngumntwana owonwabileyo ongazange waba njalo. Ngaloo ndlela, ubukrakra kunye ne-fatalism ekugqibeleni ilawula yonke into. Usiba lwakhe luchaza abalinganiswa abasuka kuloo mmandla waseYurophu owawusondela kwelinye icala elibi leli xesha libi.
UBrody yidolophu apho uJoseph wayefuna ukuba ngumntwana owonwabileyo. Kuyinyani ukuba wayehlala kwaye wakhulela khona kwiminyaka yakhe yokuqala yobomi, kwaye ukusukela apho wayenokufumana uluvo lwabalinganiswa abaninzi ababekhangele kwindalo yakhe ephambili, kodwa isixeko saseBrody yayisisiseko Usizi lwakhe lwexesha elide kubo bonke ubomi bakhe kwaye wasasazwa kumbhalo wakhe ozimeleyo, ongenazintloni kunye nokukhathazeka.
Ungayithenga incwadi Amagqabi aluhlaza, i-biography engagqitywanga kaJoseph Roth, apha: