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Title: Diaries : 1899-1941 by Robert Musil, Adolf Frise, Philip Payne, Mark Mirsky ISBN: 0-465-01651-0 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The penetrating mind of R. Musil
Comment: As other commentators have said, Musil's diaries reveal this fascinating writer's process of thought, and are not filled with the usual "then he said something and we laughed and ordered another round" entries. In the regrettable absence of an autobiography or good biography, the _Diaries_ are a good substitute.
Musil's eye is at once poetic and objective. I could only be astounded by the maturity of the young artist. His description of a horse laughing, of sunset on windows, of a waterfall looking like a silver comb, of his emotions when he and his wife Martha argue, show a sensitivity sharpened by training. Musil captures things as they appear to him with a minimum of fussiness. Also, there is often a sharp humour which comes flashing out.
Some people don't like _The Man Without Qualities_ and prefer some of Musil's other writings. Whichever works one prefers, these diaries illuminate Musil and his writings from within.
I'll add two minor complaints about the layout of the book to those already voiced. I object to endnotes, believing footnotes easier to read. Why flip forward and back so often? Some of the endnotes are repetitive, and greater care should have been taken over them. But those are small things, and have more to do with editorial decisions than with Musil, who here steps forth from a kind of shadow (for english readers).
This book can't be recommended highly enough.
Rating: 4
Summary: A helpful look into Musil's mind
Comment: The fascinating man becomes clearer through the pages of his notebooks, which are uneven but rewarding. A must for Musil fans.
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent, yet inadequate
Comment: Robert Musil is one of the most complex and little known authors of the 20th Century. I am sure that anyone who has read "The Man without Qualities" will want to know more about Musil after getting to know his writing. Sadly, there is no adequate Biography available, even in German, so one of the best ways to get to know the Author is through his fascinating Diary. These were actually more Notebooks than Diaries, and they contain an encylopedic array of information on Musil himself, his intests, his ideas, and most interestingly his plans for the "Man without Qualities". So it is must reading for those interested in Musil. The English Translation Compilation, has two major flaws. First, it lacks an Index and other Critical Apparatus, and secondly, we do not which criteria were used to re-edit the Notebooks, which were originally edited by Adolf Frise. The German Edition has one Volume of Diaries = 1,000 pages and one Volume of Notes and Indices = 1,500, pages, making it useful for scholarly research, to look up subjects, names and places, and most fascinating Musil's sources. Still the English edition is of great interest to those unaquainted with Musil.
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Title: The Man Without Qualities Vol. 2: Into the Millennium, from the Posthumous Papers by Robert Musil ISBN: 0679768025 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 09 December, 1996 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: The Man Without Qualities Vol. 1: A Sort of Introduction and Pseudo Reality Prevails by Robert Musil ISBN: 0679767878 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 09 December, 1996 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Dicta and Contradicta by Karl Kraus, Jonathan McVity, Jonathan McVity ISBN: 0252026489 Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses by Robert Musil, Burton Pike, David S. Luft ISBN: 0226554090 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: January, 1995 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Geist and Zeitgeist: The Spirit in an Unspiritual Age by Hermann Broch, John Hargraves ISBN: 158243168X Publisher: Counterpoint Press Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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