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The Confusions of Young Törless

Robert Musil

Paperback | Pages: 176 pages

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Title	:	The Confusions of Young Törless
Author	:	Robert Musil
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 176 pages
Published	:	September 27th 2001 by Penguin (first published 1906)
Categories	:	Fiction. Classics. European Literature. German Literature

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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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Original Title:	Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törleß
ISBN:	0142180009 (ISBN13: 9780142180006)
Edition Language:	English

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--That moment when you realize that having your head in the clouds is not always a good thing. In short, the "confusions" of Young Torless are the confusions of all who wonder how the seemingly rational person can become embroiled in the heinous. But also-- "And suddenly--and it seemed to him as if it had happened for the very first time--Torless became aware of how incredibly high the sky was. It was almost a shock. Straight above him, shining between the clouds, was a small, blue hole,

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The blurb on the back of my Picador copy says that 'Törless is drawn into the vicious brutalities of his fellow cadets in the secret attic that provides a torture chamber for sadistic homosexual ritual.' Given that the book was first published in 1906 I wasn't sure what to expect; I thought most of the 'horrors' would be implied rather than related explicitly; and it is to a certain extent but it still packs a punch, so be warned - this is not Tom Brown's School Days.The book begins with Törless

Törless is confused. Indeed, the title of this book, in some editions (not mine), is The Confusions of Young Törless. Skimming the plot surface of this book, Törless is a student in an Austrian military school. Two student-friends of Törless find out that yet another student, Basini, has been stealing small amounts of money. They proceed to sadistically, homosexually torture him. Törless finds himself aroused, and, thus, confused.Törless finds himself in ...a frequent sudden lassitude ... with

A dark, dense, compelling read. It's simultaneously about the intrigues and backstabbing that goes on at an elite German military academy (think a much smarter all-male version of Cruel Intentions) mixed with a dense and complex look at a young boy trying to make sense of the world, his emotions, sexuality, philosophy, and pretty much everything else in life. The author tries to communicate the title character's inner state, including all the feelings that he does not have words to describe.

"But what is felt to be character or soul, a persons inner contour or aura, [...] this ultimate, immovable background seemed to be utterly lost to Törless at this period."The Confusions of Young Törless is a book that defies any definition, starting from its status as a moment of transition between two eras, two ideologies, two ways of making literature that are as distant from each other as one can conceive. It's a book that appeals, and a book that repels. It is also a novel of formation, to

The Confusions of Young Robert MusilSemi-autobiographically little Robert slowly develops into an adolescent. Sensitive and insecure in the company of equally insecure boys without qualities, except being of respectable aristocratic families. Coming-of-age in a boarding school environment where everyone is eager to prove his manhood (!) either by showing traces of intellect, by being the master bully or bragging of imaginary amorous adventures. The long and winding road leading to climax is very