The Man Without Qualities (set of 2 books: volume 1 and volume 2)

The main character of the novel, Ulrich, facing the "incredible loneliness of a person in a desert of trivialities," tries to distance himself from the splendor and poverty of the external world through his self. The tale of his life can be read as a meticulous exploration of the modern human soul, which has not lost its ability to dream and to endow the world with an undefined yet meaningful purpose. Robert Musil is an Austrian prose writer, awarded the Gerhart Hauptmann Prize and the Heinrich von Kleist Prize, as well as the Vienna Art Prize. Robert Musil is primarily known as the author of the fundamental novel "The Man Without Qualities".