The Man Without Qualities: Volume I

«The Man Without Qualities» — the main novel of Musil. The writer worked on it for more than twenty years, but never managed to finish it. Despite this, «The Man Without Qualities» became one of the greatest works of German literature, which can truly be called the greatest exploration of the human soul. 1913. The government of the Austro-Hungarian Empire establishes a committee to develop a special plan of activities for the upcoming celebration of the seventieth anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph's reign in five years. The committee consists of industrialists, bankers, aristocrats, military personnel, and politicians. By chance, a young officer, engineer, and mathematician Ulrich joins its ranks — a «man without qualities», a cynic devoid of meaning in life and indifferent to moral norms…