{"product_id":"the-man-without-qualities-picador-classic-von-robert-musil","title":"The Man Without Qualities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA man matters, his experiences matter, but in a city, where experiences come by the thousands, we can no longer relate them to ourselves, and this is of course the beginning of life's notorious turning into abstraction.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1913 the Viennese aristocracy are gathering to celebrate the seventieth jubilee of the accession of Emperor Franz Josef, even as the Austro-Hungarian Empire is collapsing and the rest of Vienna is showing signs of rebellion. At the centre of this social labyrinth is Ulrich: a veteran, a seducer and a scientist, yet also a man 'without qualities' and therefore a brilliant and detached observer of his changing world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA classic of the twentieth century, Robert Musil's \u003ci\u003eThe Man Without Qualities\u003c\/i\u003e is endlessly thought-provoking, insightful and stimulating. Part satire, part visionary epic, part intellectual tour de force, it is a work of immeasurable importance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of the towering achievements of the European novel' \u003ci\u003eObserver \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Immensely rich and therapeutic, bristling with wit and a sly humour' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9781447289432\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePicador Classic\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9781447289432","offer_id":39417017991261,"sku":"9781447289432","price":26.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/ddcd0ea8-05cd-4a4e-a76d-fe9a2a169006.jpg?v=1779163533","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/the-man-without-qualities-picador-classic-von-robert-musil","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}