Death of Virgil - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Hermann BrochSeries:Vintage InternationalPublish date:1995-01-15Pages:496
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780679755487ISBN-10:679755489UPC:9780679755487Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Literary, Visionary & MetaphysicalSize:8.08 x 5.30 x 1.07 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCTWKEJD0X
Death of Virgil
Begun while the author was imprisoned in a German concentration camp, this extraordinary and profound novel is widely regarded as one of the great works of 20th-century modernism. A work that is part historical novel and part prose poem, it recreates the last 18 hours on the life of Virgil, author of the Aeneid, and the squalor and splendor of imperial Rome.
Series: Vintage International
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780679755487ISBN-10:679755489UPC:9780679755487Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Literary, Visionary & MetaphysicalSize:8.08 x 5.30 x 1.07 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCTWKEJD0X
Hermann Broch (1886-1951) was born in Vienna, Austria, where he trained as an engineer and studied philosophy and mathematics. He gradually increased his involvement in the intellectual life of Vienna, becoming acquainted with Ludwig Wittgenstein, Sigmund Freud, and Robert Musil, among others. The Sleepwalkers was his first major work. In 1938, he was imprisoned as a subversive by the Nazis, but...
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