Robert Musil
Robert Musil (1880–1942) was an Austrian novelist, playwright, and essayist whose ambition was nothing less than to capture the totality of modern experience in a single work of fiction. Trained as an engineer and a philosopher, he brought a scientist's precision and a mystic's yearning to his writing. This author hub collects 2 works in the Canon Compass ranking, led by The Man Without Qualities.
Start with The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil, ranked #89 in the Canon Compass list.
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Robert Musil's The Man Without Qualities: a brilliant drifter navigates Vienna on the eve of collapse. A monumental novel of ideas and identity.
Robert Musil's debut novel explores adolescent cruelty, moral ambiguity, and the darkness beneath civilized order at an Austrian boarding school.