The Man Without Qualities: Volume II

“The Man Without Qualities” — is the main novel by Musil. The writer worked on it for over twenty years but never managed to finish it. Despite this, “The Man Without Qualities” has become one of the greatest works of... German literature, which can undoubtedly be called the greatest exploration of the human soul. 1913. The government of the Austro-Hungarian Empire establishes a committee tasked with developing a special plan of activities for the upcoming celebration of the seventieth anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph's reign. The committee is made up of industrialists, bankers, aristocrats, military personnel, and politicians. By chance, a young officer, engineer, and mathematician Ulrich — the “man without qualities”, a cynic devoid of meaning in life and indifferent to moral norms — becomes part of it…