The man without qualities Robert Musil ; translated by Sophie Wilkins and Burton Pike
Unfinished novel by Robert Musil, published as Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften in three installments in 1930, 1933, and 1943. Musil's sprawling masterpiece was his life's work. On the surface a witty, urbane portrait of life in the last days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the novel is also a tragic farce that gives account of the slow collapse of a society into anarchy and chaos and an indictment of a society that embraced fascism. One of the masterpieces of the age, the book ironically dissects modern uncertainty, sham values, and political folly. from The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature
Print Book, English, 2011
Picador, London, 2011
xii, 1130 pages ; 20 cm
9781447211877, 1447211871
1053928197
Translated from German