Set in Vienna in August 1913, it tells the story of the activities of the Parallel Campaign, which is attempting to prepare the 70th Jubilee of the Emperor Franz Josef, seen through the skeptical eyes of the title character, Ulrich.  
Set in Vienna in August 1913, it tells the story of the activities of the Parallel Campaign, which is attempting to prepare the 70th Jubilee of the Emperor Franz Josef, seen through the skeptical eyes of the title character, Ulrich.  It takes a long while to get anywhere, since a huge amount of space is devoted to meditations on time, government, the modern world, and much else besides.  Name this unfinished novel of ideas compared by some to Ulysses and Remembrance of Things Past as one of the three greatest novels of the century, written, FTP, by Robert Musil.
Set in Vienna in August 1913, it tells the story of the activities of the Parallel Campaign, which is attempting to prepare the 70th Jubilee of the Emperor Franz Josef, seen through the skeptical eyes of the title character, Ulrich.  
The Man Without Qualities