TY - BOOK AU - Musil, Robert TI - The man without qualities SN - 9781447289432 U1 - 82-3 PY - 1995/// CY - New York : Alfred A. Knopf : PB - Picador classic, KW - German fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English KW - Austria -- History -- 1867-1918 -- Fiction KW - Vienna (Austria) -- Fiction N1 - A novel in four volumes on the dying culture of pre-World War I Vienna. The man without qualities of the title is Ulrich, a skeptical type who views with an amused eye all attempts by the rulers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to instill in their subjects the nationalistic fervor of neighboring Germany. The author died in 1942 ER -