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Murder, lust, shame, hypocrisy, and suicide are at the center of The Guiltless, Hermann Broch's novel about the disintegration of European society in the first three decades of the twentieth century. Broch's characters -- an apathetic man who can barely remember his own name (Broch mostly refers to him as A.); a high-school teacher and his. 'Murder, lust, shame, hypocrisy, and suicide are at the center of The Guiltless, Hermann Broch's postwar novel about the disintegration of European society in the three decades preceding the Second World War. Broch's characters - an apathetic man who can barely remember his own name; a high-school teacher and his lover who return from the brink of a suicide pact to carry on a dishonest. The guiltless Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to Facebook. Share to Reddit. The guiltless by Broch, Hermann, ; Manheim, Ralph, Publication date Publisher Evanston, Ill.: Marlboro Press/Northwestern CollectionUser Interaction Count:

Hermann Broch achieved international recognition for his brilliant use of innovative literary techniques to present the entire range of human experience, from the biological to the metaphysical. Concerned with the problem of ethical responsibility in a world with no unified system of values, he turned to literature as the appropriate form for. Hermann Broch, Michael P. Steinberg (Translator) avg rating — 58 ratings — published — 6 editions. Murder, lust, shame, hypocrisy, and suicide are at the center of The Guiltless, Hermann Broch's postwar novel about the disintegration of European society in the decades preceding the Second World War. Broch's characters--apathetic, cruel, or indolent--are trapped in their indifference, prisoners of a "wakeful somnolence."They may mention the "imbecile Hitler," yet they prefer sex or a nap to.

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