The Death of Virgil
内容简介
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.
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作者简介
Hermann Broch (November 1, 1886 – May 30, 1951) was a 20th century Austrian writer, considered one of the major Modernists.
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读书文摘
在人潮的顺流与逆流之间，在这样的黑夜与非夜之间，下方是赤红的火热，上空是清朗的微光，在这样一个双重的夜晚，他飘在自己的轿子之上，就好像那是一条小船，潜入了生命的浪尖……
因为总在夜晚静息的东西会饮下平静，饮下彼此，被阴影唤醒，荫翳着彼此，灵魂挤压着灵魂，丈夫与妻子合一，少女拥入少年的怀抱，男孩躺在同性情人的怀里，他们置身其中的黑暗依然庞大，发出昏暗的反光，总在夜晚出现，还有他们暗暗跳闪的闪电，还有那坠人雷雨的深渊，梦境那撕裂的妆饰。
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