"You are the kind of man who regards canned vegetables as the raison d'être of fresh greens." . . . . . #currentlyreading #bookstagram #foodinbooks #foodinliterature #met_createchange #culturetripbooks #igreads #bibliophile #instalibri #robertmusil #themanwithoutqualities #pseudorealityprevails #picadorclassic #picador #cannedvegetables

"Clarisse was chewing bread and soft cheese; she could only smile with her eyes." ~ (This book is very long but so far very good.) . . . . . #bookstagram #themanwithoutqualities #robertmusil #met_createchange #culturetripbooks #igreads #bibliophile #instalibri #picadorclassic #softcheese

"But Ulrich gently pushed her back in her chair, brought whiskey and soda, and lit a cigarette. 'A lady does not drink whiskey in the morning!' Bonadea protested. For an instant she regained enough energy to be offended, and her heart rise to her head with the suspicion that the matter-of-fact offer of such a strong and, as she thought, licentious drink contained a heartless implication... The whiskey was pale gold and warming like the sun in May...Ulrich meanwhile was finishing his whiskey with the deliberateness of a man who has to act on a hard decision." . . . . . #bookstagram #themanwithoutqualities #robertmusil #met_createchange #culturetripbooks #igreads #bibliophile #whiskeysoda #amoleggere