The man without qualities
By: Robert Musil ; translated from the German by Sophie Wilkins ; editorial consultant, Burton Pike.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: A.A. Knopf; Distributed by Random House
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1774
Description: A novel in four volumes on the dying culture of pre-World War I Vienna. The man without qualities of the title is Ulrich, a skeptical type who views with an amused eye all attempts by the rulers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to instill in their subjects the nationalistic fervor of neighboring Germany. The author died in 1942.
Table of contents: title: I. A sort of introduction and Pseudoreality prevails; title: II. Into the millenium.