Robert Musil

Robert Musil (Klagenfurt, Austria, November 6, 1880 – April 15, 1942 in Geneva, Switzerland) was an Austrian writer, author of the unfinished long novel The Man Without Qualities (in German, Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften), one of the most important modernist novels.

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Klagenfurt - Austria - November 6 - 1880 - April 15 - 1942 - Geneva - Switzerland - Writer - The Man Without Qualities - Modernist - Novel

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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 takes as its setting Vienna on the eve of World War I. Musil served as an officer in the Austro-Hungarian army at the front between 1914 - 1918.

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Austro-Hungarian Empire - Vienna - World War I - Austro-Hungarian army - 1914 - 1918

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