The Confusions of Young Törless
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| Author | Robert Musil |
|---|---|
| Original title | Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törleß |
| Language | German |
| Genre | Bildungsroman |
| Publisher | Wiener Verlag |
Publication date | 1906 |
| Publication place | Austria |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
The Confusions of Young Törless (German: Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törleß), or Young Törless, is the literary debut of the Austrian philosophical novelist and essayist Robert Musil, first published in 1906. Musil's novel is ostensibly a Bildungsroman, a story of a young disoriented man searching for morals in society and their meaning for him.