Review of robert musils the confusions of young torless. This volume is an admirable addition to the oxford worlds classics. Death in venice young torless in the context of freuds civilization in civilization freud addresses several new issues. The confusions of young torless penguin modern classics. Read posthumous papers of a living author by robert musil available from rakuten kobo. Robert musil is one of my favorite authors and his story of young torless, published in 1906, is one reason. In the man without qualities, there is a halfsneering reference to maeterlincks batikwrapped metaphysics. The confusions of young torless by robert musil goodreads. The confusions of young torless oxford worlds classics kindle.
Books by robert musil author of the confusions of young. As the nineteenth century draws to an end, young torless is sent to a military boarding school for the sons of the nobility on the eastern outreaches of the austrohungarian empire. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The confusions of young torless robert musil oxford university. Unsparingly honest in its depiction of the authors tangled feelings about his like his contemporary and rival sigmund freud, robert musil boldly explored the dark, irrational. It was published in 1906 but not without difficulties, on one hand it was because the author was unknown, but it also had something to do with the themes and the brutality present in the book. Robert musils debut novel is about power and abuse, of cadets as. Robert musil has 144 books on goodreads with 82334 ratings.
At a bleak, isolated military school on the fringes of the austrohungarian empire, four young cadets torless, beineberg, reiting and their victim basinirift even further away from their school fellows into a private world of ritual, secrecy an. A new translation of musils powerful first novel, a disturbing account of an adolescents emotional and psychological development. At a bleak, isolated military school on the fringes of the austrohungarian empire, four young cadets torless, beineberg, reiting and their. The confusions of young torless ebook by robert musil. Robert musil, born in klagenfurt, carinthia, on the 6 of november, 1880, an austrian of partly czech descent, who is almost unknown except to a small circle of readers, is one of the great figures in german literature and one of the most remarkable in the history of the modern. Whereas the early freud concentrated on intrapersonal conflict, the struggle between different. Robert musil was born in klagenfurt, austria, in 1880.
The confusions of young torless by robert musil 3 editions. Shaun whitesides translations include nietzsches the birth of tragedy and musils the confusions of young torlessfor penguin classics. I welcome questions, comments, or concerns about the material contained in this video. Young torless by robert musil and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Read the confusions of young torless by robert musil available from rakuten kobo. Confusions of young torless is not only about irrational numbers but also about parallels. Each revolves around a troubled woman in the throes of her sexual and romantic woes, as their memories of the past return to influence their present desires. Editions of the confusions of young torless by robert musil. Two erotic novellas by one of the masters of high modernism. It was a small station on the long railroad to russia, fascinated by the power of an ordinary sentence that leads the reader unwittingly through interminable fields of wheat. First published in 1911, intimate ties is robert musils second book, consisting of two novellas, the culmination of love and the temptation of silent veronica. Set in a military academy in late 19th century austria, this brilliant debut novel is a meditation on the primordial symbiosis between cruelty and sexual perversion, and, unfortunately, offers a parable for politics and a paradigm for media in the 20th and 21st centuries im thinking of passolinis effusions, and of certain recent homemade videos of tv and internet infamy. Young toerless begins with a quote from maeterlinck, who was an avowed influence on musil, but one that he later appeared to discount.
Like his contemporary and rival sigmund freud, rob. The confusions of young torless oxford worlds classics kindle edition by robert musil, mike mitchell, ritchie robertson. A sort of introduction and pseudo reality prevails the man. One is mistaken in calling this a story of disdain about boarding school life. Trained in science and philosophy, he left a career in the military to turn to writing. Best known for his magnum opus, the man without qualities, robert musil is a central figure in the modernist movement, as important to the development of 20thcentury literature as joyce, kafka, mann. Posthumous papers of a living author ebook by robert musil. His works were banned by the nazis, and he and his jewish wife went into exile during world war ii. Agathe, or, the forgotten sister reveals with new clarity a particular dimension of this multidimensional bookthe dimension that meant the most to musil himself and that inspired some of his most. Robert musil 18801942 is principally known in english as the author of the man without qualities, five women, the posthumous papers of a living author and the confusions of young torless. The confusions of young torless, by robert musil the irish times.
Robert musil confusions of young torless world of digitals. The confusions of young trless oxford worlds classics. After serving in the first world war, musil lived alternately in vienna and berlin, with much of his time being dedicated to the slow writing of his masterwork,the man without qualities. The novel reflects an obsession in this period with educational institutions and the oppressive impact they exert on personal development. Comparing prices for the confusions of young torless. This collection of exploratory pieces, short stories, and reflections was originally published in zurich in 1936. What musil quotes is one of maeterlincks typically mystical statements about the ineffability of the noumenal. Robert musils the man without qualities is perhaps the most profoundly exploratory and unsettling masterpiece of twentiethcentury fiction.