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Feb 23, 2017 in 1938, when hitlers rise to power threatened musils work with being banned in both austria and germany, he emigrated to switzerland, where he and his wife lived until his death in 1942. More a work of philosophy than fiction, the socratic interactions of its two dozen or so characters provide the framework for. Viennese chronicler robert musil the restoration of robert musils epic novel the man without qualities by harvey pekar. This, the first comprehensive study of the work to appear in english, guides the reader towards musils central concerns. Mind epistemology liberality music literature humour released today. Most of all, the novel celebrates the endurance of love, and its thrilling capacity to bloom anew. A sort of introduction the like of it now happens i kindle edition by robert musil, eithne wilkins, kaiser ernst.
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