Hardcover, Boxed Set, 1774 pages
English language
Published March 11, 1995 by A.A. Knopf, Distributed by Random House.
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in two elegant volumes—is the first to present Musil's complete text, including material that remained unpublished during his lifetime.
One of best books I've ever read.
An amazingly funny description of the pre-WWI Viennese intellectual elite circles. A satire, of course, though the knowledge of the upcoming war does affect the reader's experience.
