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A complete translation of all four volumes of the critically acclaimed masterpiece of German literature presents a portrait of Viennese high society on the eve of World War I that chronicles the decay and collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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The Man Without Qualities is one of the towering achievements of the European novel (Observer)
I would recommend Sophie Wilkins' translation as a conscientious attempt to give to the English reader a novel which is compared to The Remembrance of Things Past and Ulysses (The Times)
Immensely rich and therapeutic, bristling with wit and a sly humour (Sunday Telegraph)
At last, at last - the fully fleshed arrival in English of the third member of the trinity in twentieth-century fiction, complementing Ulysses and The Remembrance of Things Past . . . This last-waltz novel is amazingly contemporary (Wall Street Journal)
There is scarcely a page that does not provoke new thoughts or offer new insights, not a chapter that, even read on its own, does not prove stimulating (Scotsman)
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Part satire, part visionary epic, part intellectual tour de force
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- PublisherAlfred a Knopf Inc
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0394510526
- ISBN 13 9780394510521
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages1774
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The Man Without Qualities (2 volume set)
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
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hardcover. Condition: Like New. As new clean tight and bright two volume set in slipcase as issued. 4th printings. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal. Seller Inventory # 122055
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THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES [2 Volumes]
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Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 1995
ISBN 10: 0394510526
ISBN 13: 9780394510521
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Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 2 Volumes. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good condition dust jackets. Contained in a white, grey, and copper slipcase with stains throughout, mild shelving wear, and a publisher's paper slightly separating with black lettering on the head edge. Dust jackets prices are uncut "$60.00", have stains on the spine, mild shelving wear, and a small closed tear along the spine head edge of Volume 1. Boards have stains throughout and mild shelving wear. Textblock has mild wear along the edges and light foxing along the edges. CONTENTS: Vol. 1, "The Man Without Qualities I", x, 1-725 pages -- Vol. 2, "The Man Without Qualities II", vi, 729-1774 pages. Shelved Room C. 1392245. Special Collections. Seller Inventory # 1392245
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The Man Without Qualities [2 Volume Boxed Set]
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1995
ISBN 10: 0394510526
ISBN 13: 9780394510521
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Seller: Remarks Used Books, Pittsfield, MA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First American Edition. Translated from the German by Sophie Wilkins & Burton Pike. 1774pp. Bright, clean & tight copies, unread, in AS NEW condition in a pristine slipcase. "This long-awaited new translation, the first in English to provide a complete text, brings to its readers the greatest masterpiece in all twentieth-century German literature. [] THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES stands alongside Proust's Remembrance of Things Past and Joyce's Ulysses as one of the three literary masterworks of modernism. Dazzlingly written, ferocious, suffused with a high, ironic intelligence, it uses Viennese high society on the eve of World War I to chronicle the decay and collapse of the entire Old World and, with utter prescience, to explore all that would follow in our Age of Anxiety. [] At the heart of this astonishing novel is Ulrich: youngish, rich, an ex-soldier, a seducer, a scientist--the man without qualities." [publisher copy] First volume contains Part I: A Sort of Introduction & Part II: Pseudoreality Prevails. Second volume includes Part III: Into the Millennium (The Criminals) & From the Posthumous Papers w/its Translator's Afterword. Pristine jackets & slipcase design by Barbara de Wilde & Chip Kidd show practically no shelfwear, as this whole typically beautiful Knopf production is handled with metaphoric kid gloves here. Hefty, oversized book will require additional postage & insurance to get to you safely; please inquire with your specific interest & shipping destination. Seller Inventory # RUB3390
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The Man Without Qualities [Vol. I + II, Slipcased]
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Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1995
ISBN 10: 0394510526
ISBN 13: 9780394510521
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First American Edition. Complete in two (2) volumes, uniformly bound in black 1/4 cloth, black paper-covered boards, spine panels lettered in gray. New/as issued, pictorial dust jackets now in mylar, slipcased. Stated 1st American edition. x,726 + vi,727-1774 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 068595
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The Man Without Qualities (2 volume set)
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Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1996
ISBN 10: 0394510526
ISBN 13: 9780394510521
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First English translation from the German to provide a complete text. Volume One: Parts 1 & 2 A SORT OF INTRODUCTION and PSUEDOREALITY PREVAILS translated by Sophie Wilkins. Volume Two: Part 3 INTO THE MILLENNIUM also Translated by Sophie with FROM THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS translated by Burton Pike. Includes Translator's Afterword. Two volumes numbered consecutively 1774 pp. New Hardcovers w/ New djs. Seller Inventory # 001407
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