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Book Chapter
Coffeehouse Orientalism
2013
Overview
These two quotations might be read as indications of the persistence and ubiquity of the turn-of-the-century Viennese coffeehouse. They clearly pertain to very different historical periods and milieux. Torberg’s poignant anecdote is one of many in his bookTante Joleschchronicling the Jewish coffeehouse world of Austria, as it survived the First World War only to collapse in 1938. His book is a tribute to the rich culture fostered by the Viennese coffeehouse, but it is also a monument to a loss that occurred twice over. For Torberg, the coffeehouse more than any other place or social environment vividly embodied
