The Man Without Qualities, Vol.2: Into the Millennium
By Robert Musil
Translated by Sophie Wilkins and Burton Pike
"Musil belongs in the company of Joyce, Proust, Kafka, and Svevo. . . . (This translation) is a literay and intellectual event of singular importance."–New Republic.
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in two elegant volumes—is the first to present Musil's complete text, including material that remained unpublished during his lifetime.
Paperback
1774 pages
Vintage/ Random House Publishing, 1996
Originally Published in 1933
ISBN 9780679768029
Historical Fiction