Young Torless by Robert Musil - 1964

New York, New York, USA: Pantheon Books, 1982. BI6 - A trade paperback withdrawn ex-library book in good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with some browning of the paper edges and yellowing of the paper plus there are the usual library stamps, marks, labels, and pocket on the spine, the copyright page, and the inside surface of the back cover plus there is a clear plastic lamination applied to the covers. Translated from the German by Eithne Wilkins and Ernst Kaiser. A novel about human corruption, and the interconnections between the will to power and the urge to submit. The story is set among a group of students at a military boarding school in Austria before the fFirst World War. The main character is a somewhat detached youth who, along with two other students, systematically persecute one of their fellow schoolmates, an essentially passive boy whose effeminate manner and complaisant behavior attract his tormentors' inclinations to debase… Read More

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1982. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1982. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1982. Paperback. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York, NY: Signet, 1964. Standard Paperback. Good/Good.

Auckland, New Zealand: Granada, 1979. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Used Book: Mass Market Paperback Standard used condition. Reading copy or better.

Pantheon. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1982 Front cover has a tear at the side edge. Edge soiling and staining.Pages browning due to age. A good reading copy. Translated by Eithne Wilkins and Ernst Kaiser.. Trade Paperback. Fair/No Jacket as Issued.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Penguin Books, 1961. Paperback. Acceptable. 1961. No Edition Stated. 188 pages. Paperback book. Heavy foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Covers becoming unstuck from text block. Mild wear and tear to spine, cover edges and corners. Notable foxing, tanning and soiling to covers.