{"product_id":"unions-two-stories-paperback","title":"Unions: Two Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Musil\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGenese Grill\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eGenese Grill\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1911, following his 1906 debut, \u003cem\u003eThe Confusions of Young T rless\u003c\/em\u003e, Robert Musil published the two experimental stories that make up \u003cem\u003eUnions\u003c\/em\u003e. \"The Completion of Love\" and \"The Temptation of Quiet Veronica\" were some of Musil's earliest forays into what would become a life-long exploration of the life, adventures, and psychological processes of his fianc , Martha Marcovaldi -- the future Martha Musil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Musil later wrote of the \"two authors\" of his great unfinished work, \u003cem\u003eThe Man without Qualities\u003c\/em\u003e, the co-author referred to was no other than Martha. The stories in \u003cem\u003eUnions\u003c\/em\u003e, drawn from Martha's life, explode conventional morality; explore questions of self, union, and dissolution of self; and approximate exceptional sensations of erotic and intellectual perception in a shimmering and exceedingly dense proliferation of metaphors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe images, Musil tells us in a note, are the bone, not just the skin, of these carefully crafted stories. Each word is as motivated as the internal and external moments it attempts to embody in language. Although Musil did not continue to work in this experimental style in his later writing, in a late note he affirmed that \u003cem\u003eUnions\u003c\/em\u003e, the fruit of much artistic struggle and deep personal engagement, was the only one of his books that he sometimes still read from.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a new English-language translation of the two stories and the first one to appear -- in the form of Musil's original publication -- as \u003cem\u003eUnions\u003c\/em\u003e. A scholarly introduction by the translator, Genese Grill, explains the provenance of the stories and the need for a new approach to this book so central to his oeuvre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 178\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47226479116537,"sku":"9781940625300","price":17.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/LiMQNn22fZ9781940625300.webp?v=1768263157","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/unions-two-stories-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}