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Some Concluding Thoughts on Musil’s The Man without Qualities
It’s impossible to do any kind of a coherent analysis of Musil’s brilliant, enigmatic, philosophical, unfinished magnum opus. But I thought I would share some final ideas that kept coming to mind as I read Volume II in the Sophie … Continue reading
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Comparing Translations of Robert Musil’s The Man without Qualities
It just so happens that I started to read Musil’s magnum opus, The Man without Qualities, in the Sophie Wilkins translation which was widely available in paperback when I bought my copies. I was also lucky to find a first … Continue reading
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A Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil
I’ve spent the last couple of days immersed in Musil’s enormous, 1,400 plus, two volume, unfinished Magnum Opus and have been completely drawn in and captivated by his writing. My reading experience reminds me, so far, of War and Peace, which … Continue reading
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Our Politics Has Yet to Turn Up a Better Man: Joseph Epstein on George Washington
I have been dipping into Joseph Epstein’s Essays on Biography in which collection he writes about important figures ranging from the 5th century BCE (Xenophon) to the 21st century (V.S. Naipaul). The essays are arranged into the categories of “Americans,” “Englishmen,” “Popular … Continue reading
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Communication in the Midst of Solitude: My Year in Reading—2019
In his essay “On Reading,” Proust writes, “Reading is that fruitful miracle of a communication in the midst of solitude.” I try to make reading plans every year but I honestly never know where the year will take me. This … Continue reading
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