The Man Without Qualities: Volume One by Robert Musil

The Man Without Qualities: Volume One

The Man Without Qualities #1

Robert Musil with Eithne Wilkins (Translator), Ernst Kaiser (Translator)

365 pages • first pub 1930 (editions)

fiction classics challenging slow-paced
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" Musil belongs in the company of Joyce, Proust, Kafka, and Svevo. . . . (This translation) is a literay and intellectual event of singular importance." --New Republic.

Community Reviews

4.2
based on 159 reviews

Moods

reflective: 83%

challenging: 66%

mysterious: 25%

dark: 16%

emotional: 16%

funny: 16%

adventurous: 8%

informative: 8%

inspiring: 8%

sad: 8%

tense: 8%

Pace

18% of readers chose medium
81% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

100% of readers chose Character
Character

Strong character development?

14% of readers chose Yes
42% of readers chose Complicated
42% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

57% of readers chose Complicated
42% of readers chose No
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

85% of readers chose No
14% of readers chose N/A
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

85% of readers chose Yes
14% of readers chose No
Yes
No

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