The Man Without Qualities
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- | {{Template}}'''''The Man without Qualities''''' ([[Germany|German]] original title: ''Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften'') is a novel in three books by the Austrian novelist and essayist [[Robert Musil]]. | + | {{Template}}'''''The Man without Qualities''''' ([[Germany|German]] original title: ''Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften'') is a novel in three books by the Austrian novelist and essayist [[Robert Musil]]. |
+ | The novel deals with the moral and intellectual decline of the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]] through the eyes of the book's protagonist Ulrich, an ex-mathematician who has failed to engage with the world around him in a manner that would allow him to possess 'qualities'. It is set in [[Vienna]] on the eve of [[World War I]]. Musil served as an officer in the [[Austro-Hungarian army]] at the front between [[1914]] - [[1918]]. | ||
The main issue of the "story of ideas", which takes place in the time of [[Austria-Hungary|Austria-Hungarian monarchy]]'s last days, is the need of preserving the order in a shaken world (never considering the fact that [[World War I]] would start in a couple of months). | The main issue of the "story of ideas", which takes place in the time of [[Austria-Hungary|Austria-Hungarian monarchy]]'s last days, is the need of preserving the order in a shaken world (never considering the fact that [[World War I]] would start in a couple of months). |
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The novel deals with the moral and intellectual decline of the Austro-Hungarian Empire through the eyes of the book's protagonist Ulrich, an ex-mathematician who has failed to engage with the world around him in a manner that would allow him to possess 'qualities'. It is set in Vienna on the eve of World War I. Musil served as an officer in the Austro-Hungarian army at the front between 1914 - 1918.
The main issue of the "story of ideas", which takes place in the time of Austria-Hungarian monarchy's last days, is the need of preserving the order in a shaken world (never considering the fact that World War I would start in a couple of months).
The German-language title is a pun on the phrase Mann mit Eigenschaften—literally "man with qualities"—equivalent to the English-language phrase "self-made man".