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I found it engaging when Broch is actually narrating a plot with characters and setting and dialogue. And I enjoyed finding the connections between the various stories. In some chapters, he creates such a sense of dread, it feels like it could turn to horror any moment. This seems appropriate since post-WWI Germany did eventually become a horror story. But when he’s philosophizing… UGH. In the book’s conclusion, Broch states that the “naturalistic” novel can no longer represent the complex, mode
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