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from Broch's "The Anarchist"
... He contemplated the portrait of Herr Hentjen over the mantelpiece to see whether it had any resemblance to Lohberg, and when he had looked long enough at the features of the late restaurant-keeper they did actually melt into those of the Mannheim tobacconist. Yes, wherever one looked it seemed that one figure melted into another and that one ( Read more... ) -
naming the one
An essay by David Grossman in The Guardian: Confronting the beast.
It makes me want to read his novel See Under: Love. The book was actually in this Helsinki apartment, left by the owners or by former dwellers. It is one of the best pieces I have read recently on the role of literature in this world, on the power of silence and the power of words.
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