{"product_id":"the-confusions-of-young-torless-paperback","title":"The Confusions of Young Torless - 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\u003eShaun Whiteside\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eJ. M. Coetzee\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a bleak, isolated military school on the fringes of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, four young cadets --Torless, Beineberg, Reiting and their victim Basini--rift even further away from their school- fellows into a private world of ritual, secrecy and torture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Musil\u003c\/b\u003e (1880-1942) is principally known in English as the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Man Without Qualities\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFive Women\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Posthumous Papers of a Living Author\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Confusions of Young Torless\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShaun Whiteside\u003c\/b\u003e's translations include Nietzsche's \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e and Musil's \u003ci\u003eThe Confusions of Young Torless\u003c\/i\u003efor Penguin Classics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. M. Coetzee\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Cape Town, South Africa, on February 9, 1940, and studied first at Cape Town and later at the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a Ph.D. degree in literature. In 1972 he returned to South Africa and joined the faculty of the University of Cape Town. His works of fiction include \u003ci\u003eDusklands\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWaiting for the Barbarians\u003c\/i\u003e, which won South Africa's highest literary honor, the Central News Agency Literary Award, and \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Times of Michael K\u003c\/i\u003e., for which Coetzee was awarded his first Booker Prize in 1983. He has also published a memoir, \u003ci\u003eBoyhood: Scenes From a Provincial Life\u003c\/i\u003e, and several essays collections. He has won many other literary prizes including the Lannan Award for Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize and The \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e International Fiction Prize. In 1999 he again won Britain's prestigious Booker Prize for \u003ci\u003eDisgrace\u003c\/i\u003e, becoming the first author to win the award twice in its 31-year history. In 2003, Coetzee was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 7.75 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44329570304102,"sku":"9780142180006","price":22.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/D5GFDrmI-C9780142180006.webp?v=1768348259","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-confusions-of-young-torless-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}