The man without qualities

Title: Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften (The man without qualities) Originally published: Berlin, Rowohlt, vol. I (1930), vol. II (1933), and vol. III (1943) Language: German The excerpts used are from Robert Musil, The Man without Qualities, translated by Sophie Wilkins and Burton Pike (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995), pp. 28–31, 575–577. About the author Robert Musil [1880, Klagenfurt – 1942, Geneva]: writer, dramatist and essayist. Musil spent most of his childhood in Steyr and Brünn (Cz. Brno..