Diaries : 1899-1941
by Robert Musil, Adolf Frise, Philip Payne, Mark Mirsky
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Author: Adolf Frise, Mark Mirsky, Philip Payne, Robert MusilEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); German (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-01-01
ISBN: 0465016510
Number of pages: 624
Publisher: Basic Books
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Book Review: Excellent, yet inadequate
Summary: 4 Stars
Robert Musil is one of the most complex and little known authors of the 20th Century. I am sure that anyone who has read "The Man without Qualities" will want to know more about Musil after getting to know his writing. Sadly, there is no adequate Biography available, even in German, so one of the best ways to get to know the Author is through his fascinating Diary. These were actually more Notebooks than Diaries, and they contain an encylopedic array of information on Musil himself, his intests, his ideas, and most interestingly his plans for the "Man without Qualities". So it is must reading for those interested in Musil. The English Translation Compilation, has two major flaws. First, it lacks an Index and other Critical Apparatus, and secondly, we do not which criteria were used to re-edit the Notebooks, which were originally edited by Adolf Frise. The German Edition has one Volume of Diaries = 1,000 pages and one Volume of Notes and Indices = 1,500, pages, making it useful for scholarly research, to look up subjects, names and places, and most fascinating Musil's sources. Still the English edition is of great interest to those unaquainted with Musil.
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