by Dino Buzzati · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266009935
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«Le désert des Tartares» is the novel by Italian writer Dino Buzzati, published by Pocket in paperback (267 pages, in French).
Giovanni Drogo is posted to Fort Bastiani, a citadel guarding a deserted frontier. There he waits with the garrison for the appearance of the legendary Tartars, but the enemy never shows; the days pass identically and his life is consumed between duty and disillusionment. A novel about waiting and the passage of time.
Novel originally published in 1940 as «Il deserto dei Tartari»; French translation by Michel Arnaud.
For readers of Italian literary classics and twentieth-century 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.
