![]() ![]() Set in 1913 in Vienna and Austria-Hungary in the period just prior to World War I, this massive, two volume novel, features Ulrich, the supposed “man without qualities,” who takes 1 year off just to observe people who help make up his environment. This edition of Musil’s classic modernist novel features the complete text in a new translation,as well as extensive supplementary material. The story of Ulrich, the man without qualities himself, is continued in a second volume, The Man Without Qualities: Into the Millenium, From the Posthumous Papers. Though an imposing edifice of writing, devotees of literary modernism and anyone interested in the decline of the Austrian empire must read this sweeping, comic take on life in pre-Great War Vienna. This new edition includes portions of the author’s original manuscripts that have never been published before. ![]() ![]() This intriguing landmark of modernism from Austrian writer Robert Musil has been newly translated from the German by Sophie Wilkins and re-edited in a textual overhaul. His unfinished long novel The Man Without Qualities (in German, Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften) is generally considered to be one of the most important modernist novels.Ī Sort of Introduction and Pseudo Reality Robert Musil ( November 6, 1880, Klagenfurt, Austria – April 15, 1942, Geneva, Switzerland) was an Austrian writer. ![]() MUSIL’S WORDS “PSEUDO REALITY PREVAILS” THEN AND NOW Maat 12:44 am | Posted in Art, Books, Globalization, History, Literary, Philosophy, Science & Technology | Leave a comment ![]()
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