by Dino Buzzati · LGF · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782253003755
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«Le Désert des Tartares» is the novel by Dino Buzzati, published by LGF in paperback (242 pages, in French).
Giovanni Drogo, a young officer posted to the remote border fortress of Bastiani, feels the temptation to abandon his post, but routine, military vanity and fascination with the desert hold him back. Years pass and he keeps waiting for the Tartars, an enemy that never comes, until he realises that his life is consumed in an absurd wait.
First novel by Dino Buzzati, translated from Italian by Michel Arnaud; original title: «Il deserto dei Tartari».
Classic of twentieth-century Italian literature, aimed at readers of existential literary fiction.
Dino Buzzati-Traverso was an Italian novelist, short story writer, painter and poet, as well as a journalist for Corriere della Sera. His worldwide fame is mostly due to his novel The Tartar Steppe, although he is also known for his well-received collections of short stories.
