David Auerbach

David Auerbach is a writer and software engineer. His book Illogical Operator: A Life in Code is forthcoming from Pantheon. He lives in New York.

The Other Condition: Robert Musil on Theater

An immensely valuable collection of the great modernist’s plays and theater writings....

AROUND THE WORLD

FICTION

The Soul of the Body: William Empson’s “The Face of the Buddha”

David Auerbach on William Empson’s “The Face of the Buddha.”...

RELIGION

ART & ARCHITECTURE

HISTORY

Make America Austria Again: How Robert Musil Predicted the Rise of Donald Trump

What can "The Man Without Qualities" teach us about Donald Trump?...

FICTION

POLITICS

A Delville of a Tolkar: Martin Gardner’s “Undiluted Hocus-Pocus”

Revenge of the Dryasdusts: Paul Hazard’s “The Crisis of the European Mind”

Devourer of Encyclopedias: Stanislaw Lem's "Summa Technologiae"

Scenes from the Resistance: Georges Perec’s “La boutique obscure”