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...WINNER] ERNESTINE BRADLEY: Die Philosophie Hermann Broch, Hermann Broch and The Language of Silence...
Gruesome Exit. Jean's most traumatic and rewarding chore was the difficult translation into English of Hermann Broch's masterwork The Death of Virgil. Begun almost accidentally, it took years, and required her learning German almost from scratch and suffering almost as many birth pangs as the author himself...
Wheelhouse. Oldest part of the grim little hamlet was a "broch tower": a crude donjon keep. Beside it was a walled courtyard. For shelter against the rough climate, they had a "roundhouse" that was roofed along its circular outer walls, leaving an open space for a fire in the middle...
...there is some confusion here; there is bound to be, with people trying to give orders in four different languages in a kitchen," Mrs. Alice Broch restaurant manager explained. "But everyone here believes in smiling all the time--that helps...
Window Shop customers don't worry about the confusion; the food is good, and the clothes, though a mite expensive, are catching to the eye. In summer, guests may eat in the garden and, according to Mrs. Broch, the students prefer this. "It gives the boys a better chance to catch up on their flirting...