The Confusions of Young Törless
of Robert Musil, Shaun Whiteside (Translator), J.M. Coetzee (Introduction)
Description
Like his contemporary and rival Sigmund Freud, Robert Musil boldly explored the dark, irrational undercurrents of humanity. The Confusions of Young Törless, published in 1906 while he was a student, uncovers the bullying, snobbery, and vicious homoerotic violence at an elite boys academy. Unsparingly honest in its depiction of the author's tangled feelings about his mother, other women, and male bonding, it also vividly illustrates the crisis of a whole society, where the breakdown of traditional values and the cult of pitiless masculine strength were soon to lead to the cataclysm of the First World War and the rise of fascism. More than a century later, Musil's first novel still retains its shocking, prophetic power.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 176 pages
- Publisher Penguin
- Publication Date September 27th 2001
- First Publication 10/29/06
- Language English
- ISBN 9780142180006
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
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