I am not Italian, and have never lived in Italy, and have enjoyed Numero Zero very much (and all other novels from U.E.) Of course, everyone's understanding is

I am not Italian, and have never lived in Italy, and have enjoyed Numero Zero very much (and all other novels from U.E.) Of course, everyone's understanding is influenced by his/her own personal experiences, and I may have missed subtleties that an Italian resident would have interpreted in a different way. But nonetheless, I really liked the book.