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Hermann Broch (1886–1951) was an Austrian novelist and essayist who ranks among the most intellectually formidable writers of the twentieth century. Born in Vienna to a prosperous Jewish family, he managed the family textile business until his forties before abandoning commerce to study philosophy and mathematics at the University of Vienna, then turning to literature with a convert's fervor. This author hub collects 1 work in the Canon Compass ranking, led by Death of Virgil.
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Start with Death of Virgil by Hermann Broch, ranked #222 in the Canon Compass list.
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Broch's Death of Virgil: the poet's final eighteen hours, debating whether to burn the Aeneid. A symphonic meditation on art and mortality.