num_pages: 365
description: This magnificent novel, compared by critics with the best of modern masterpieces, demonstrates that one must turn to Proust, Mann and Joyce to find a talent of equal brilliance. Set in Vienna on the eve of World War I and peopled with some of the most memorable characters in modern literature, the book presents a profound, witty and striking portrait of life as it exposes the vanities, follies and eccentricities of the dying Austro-Hungarian Empire.--back cover
language: English
title: The Man Without Qualities
titlecomplete: The Man Without Qualities (1/3)
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, Philosophy, German Literature, Germany, Roman, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 3545
series: The Man Without Qualities
awards: awardedAt: -378662400000
name: Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
category: Roman
publisher: Capricorn Books