Confusions of Young Torless - Softcover
'A short and sharp book. Also a terrifying one.' THE TIMES At a bleak, isolated military school on the fringes of the Austro-Hungarian Empire four young cadets - Torless, Beineberg, Reiting and their victim Basini - drift ever further away fromthe school-fellows into a private world of ritual, secrecy and torture. Since its first publication in German in 1906 Musil's YOUNG TORLESS has been acclaimed as a classic account of adolescence and authoritarianism. This new translation allows a fresh generation of English readers to appreciate its extraordinary nature.
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Synopsis:
In a military academy on the eastern borders of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Torless is drawn into the vicious brutalities of his fellow cadets. In a secret attic they create a torture chamber and enact sadistic homosexual rituals.
About the Author:
ROBERT MUSIL 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.
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- PublisherPenguin Group USA
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0140189289
- ISBN 13 9780140189285
- BindingPaperback
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