Talk:The Man Without Qualities

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Where on earth did anyone get the idea that Kakanien is a fictitious country? Kakanien is a made up name for Austria-Hungary, but obviously the country depicted is Austria-Hungary, and there is, so far as I can recall, no attempt to disguise this fact. The old Emperor is Franz Joseph, the capital city is Vienna, various other real places in Austria-Hungary are mentioned, and so forth. Also, should we use "Kakania," which is the anglicized version of Kakanien which was found, at least, in my translation of the book? john k 03:08, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Note also that in the German wikipedia, Kakanien redirects to Österreich-Ungarn, and the name is explicitly mentioned as an alternative name for the country. Kakanien is not a fictionalized version of Austria-Hungary. It just is Austria-Hungary. john k 03:10, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

It would be helpful to have a comparison of the various translations/editions. I have read a couple of criticisms of the latest english translation. 66.162.131.66 17:35, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

The German version of this Wiki entry describes the second volume as the first part of the second book, i.e. the second published volume is not the complete second book of three planned books. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.83.137.157 (talk) 17:17, 24 March 2008 (UTC)