The Man without Qualities, Volume 1: A Sort of Introduction / The Like of It Now Happens (Wilkins/Kaiser) by Robert Musil

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This is the 1st volume of the incomplete 3-volume translation by Eithne Wilkins and Ernst Kaiser. The contents are different from the 1st volume of the longer translation by Sophie Wilkins and Burton Pike, in 2 volumes. Please DO NOT combine these editions.

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Set in Vienna on the eve of WWI, adn peopled with some of the most memorable characters in literature, this novel presents a profound, witty, and striking portrait of life as it dissects and tries to define the individual in the modern world.

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