{"product_id":"death-of-virgil-9780679755487","title":"Death of Virgil","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hermann Broch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.08h x 5.30w x 1.07d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679755487\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHermann Broch\u003c\/b\u003e (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. \u003ci\u003eThe Sleepwalkers\u003c\/i\u003e was his first major work. In 1938, he was imprisoned as a subversive by the Nazis, but was freed and fled to the United States. In the years before his death, he was researching mass psychology at Yale University. \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Virgil\u003c\/i\u003e originally appeared in 1945; his last major novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Guiltless\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1950.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Hermann Broch \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47674830061725,"sku":"9780679755487","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_797d6867-c554-45f3-9dc1-7f4e9e953c35.jpg?v=1771913755","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/death-of-virgil-9780679755487","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}