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Despite its undisputed place in the canon of the avant-garde, Oswald Wiener's „die verbesserung von mitteleuropa, roman“ remains, half a century after its publication, a riddle in need of interpretation. As part of his work on the first complete translation of the „verbesserung“ (into Italian), Nicola Cipani has produced a complete commentary on Wie-ners’ masterpiece. In the introductory essay the reader will find essential theoretical and literary-historical elements for a meaningful contextualization. The textual commentary offers explanations of specific passages as well as critical introductions on the various portions of this multi-faceted work.