Attempts to Find Robert Musil

Attempts to Find Robert Musil

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June 2025

Unanswer{able}ed Questions?
I had a wonderful conversation with Agnes Callard the first reader of my biography book draft last night.
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Arrows from a Quiver
Musil's last publication During His Lifetime
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Excerpts from Burton Pike's Musil Notes
"...looking for a place the individual can fit in in a deadened, shallow world."
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Little Castles in Vienna
While living in Vienna on the Rasumofskygasse, the Musils were surrounded by little castles, the Rasumofskygasse Palais across from the entrance to…
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Scholarly Legacies (some name-dropping)
From Musil to Adolf Frisé to Burton Pike....to me....to....
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May 2025

Musil on Chagall, Kandinsky, and Munch
(Another cut passage)
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Another cut bit
On June 8th, Musil recorded that he and Martha had come across a little “fledgling” who had either fallen or been pushed from his nest.
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Cutting 50 thousand Words
I am in the process of shortening my manuscript to fit the allowed word count (of approximately 150,000 words.
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Letters of Recommendation for Musil
From Broch, Neumann, Mann, & Einstein
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Musil's Mother, Hermine
"My mother was oddly confused. Like slept-on hair over a pretty face.”
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Spring Interlude
More scenes from Geneva
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