Hermann Broch

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Ms. Schlants admiration and care for Brochs books comes through her detailed exploration of Broch and his writing in a very readable and enjoyable way. Ive owned this book for years and as I also enjoy Broch I refer to it often. She does not dissect his writing but serves as more of an intermediary to a better understanding of what Broch was trying to accomplish and brings us perhaps a bit closer to Brochs thought process (his essays will serve you well there). The biographical is well integrated within the discussions of his writings and his life was enough of a story itself to bring further interest to this book. In closing if I might Ill leave you with the first two sentences of Michael P. Steinbergs forward: "Hermann Broch was a man of many genres. If his novels plays stories and political and philosophical writings can be said to share a single theme that theme is the limits of human consciousness in a politically saturated world." Amazon Reviewer