The Man Without Qualities. Volumes 1 and 2

The second volume of the famous unfinished novel by Austrian writer Robert Musil, considered one of the most important modernist works of the 20th century. The novel explores the crisis of identity and values in the Austro-Hungarian Empire on the eve of World War I through the lens of its protagonist, Ulrich, a “man without qualities” who observes the surrounding world without taking an active part in it.