If one were to establish an Ulrich Day in analogy to the Bloomsday of Ulysses for Robert Musil's "The Man Without Qualities," it would be August 7, 1913. On this day, Musil created a drawing of streets, squares, and buildings in the 3rd district of Vienna. Eight years later, he moved here himself and began working on his great novel. Today, this work stands like a solitary gem in the European literary history of the 20th century - mostly outstanding yet still foreign. Inka Mülder-Bach invites readers to rediscover Musil's masterpiece: unlike previous studies, she does not focus on his characters, reflections, and contexts, but rather on his uniquely distinctive form, which remains unparalleled to this day.