The Man Without Qualities - Robert Musil An old man named Johannes

An old man named Johannes dies

She has always sought the answers to life's big questions

earning him not just a job but a place in the heart of the neighbourhood

Switzerland's most famous literary star

Paloma is convinced that life is meaningless and plans to end it all on her next birthday

The Man Without Qualities - Robert Musil An old man named JohannesIt is 1913, and Viennese high society is determined to find an appropriate way of celebrating the seventieth jubilee of the accession of Emperor Franz Josef. But as the aristocracy tries to salvage something illustrious out of the collapse of the Austro Hungarian Empire, the ordinary Viennese world is beginning to show signs of more serious rebellion. Caught in the middle of this social labyrinth is Ulrich: youngish, rich, an ex soldier, seducer and