The Death of Virgil

Name: The Death of Virgil
Author: Hermann Broch

by Hermann Broch

Metaphysical novel of Virgil's final hours reflecting on death and art

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Hermann Broch

Austrian novelist whose densely philosophical fiction addressed the collapse of European civilization. The Death of Virgil is an extraordinary stream-of-consciousness meditation on art, death, and responsibility.

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