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 trans
Robert Musil: Drei Frauen (Novellen)• ›Grigia‹ (1921), ›Die Portugiesin› (1923), ›Tonka‹ (1922)»Eine große Fremdheit liegt zwischen den Geschlechtern, und in dieser Spannung zeigt sich Musils Stärke, hineinzuwandern in die seelischen Laby
Like his contemporary and rival Sigmund Freud, Robert Musil boldly explored the dark, irrational undercurrents of humanity. The Confusions of Young Törless, published in 1906 while he was a student, uncovers the bullying, snobbery, and vicious homoerotic
A combination of two of Musil's books: Drei Frauen (1924) (Three Women – a collection of three short stories) and Vereinigungen (1911) (Unions – a collection of two short stories).The recent translations of The Man Without Qualities and Musil's Diarie
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 trans
Meisterliche Prosastücke von Robert Musil, den die Londoner "Times" den "bedeutendsten deutschschreibenden Romancier der ersten Hälfte unseres Jahrhunderts und zugleich unbekanntesten Schriftsteller dieses Zeitalters" nannte. Dieser zuerst 1936 veröffe
" Musil belongs in the company of Joyce, Proust, Kafka, and Svevo. . . . (This translation) is a literay and intellectual event of singular importance." --New Republic.
Negli ultimi cento anni matematica e letteratura hanno incrociato il loro cammino innumerevoli volte, troppe perché si tratti soltanto di incontri casuali. Se è vero che entrambe sono attività di "finzione" e consistono principalmente nell'invenzione d
