The Man Without Qualities: Vol. 1

By: Robert Musil

Published December 9th 1996 by Vintage (first published 1930)

Category: Arts

Pages: 725 pages

ISBN: 9780679767879

Description:
Set in Vienna on the eve of World War I, this great novel of ideas tells the story of Ulrich, ex-soldier and scientist, seducer and skeptic, who finds himself drafted into the grandiose plans for the 70th jubilee of the Emperor Franz Josef. This new translation--published in two elegant volumes--is the first to present Musil's complete text, including material that remained unpublished during his lifetime.