The Tartar Steppe [electronic resource]
Buzzati, Dino2012
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Idealistic young officer Giovanni Drogo is full of determination to serve his country well. But when he arrives at a bleak border station in the Tartar desert, where he is to take a short assignment at Fort Bastiani, he finds the castle manned by veteran soldiers who have grown old without seeing a trace of the enemy. As his length of service stretches from months into years, he continues to wait patiently for the enemy to advance across the desert, for one great and glorious battle . . . Written in 1938 as the world waited for war, and internationally acclaimed since its publication, The Tartar Steppe is a provocative and frightening tale of hope, longing and the terrible sorcery of dreams and desires.
Main title:
The Tartar Steppe [electronic resource] / Dino Buzzati
Author:
Buzzati, Dino, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Canongate Books, 2012
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Dino Buzzati was born in Italy in 1906. After receiving a law degree from the University of Milan, he worked as a reporter and later as a special correspondent and editor for the Corriere della Sera. His literary career began in 1933 with the publication of Barnabas of the Mountains and The Secret of the Old Forest; however, it was not until he wrote The Tartar Steppe in 1940 and The Seven Messengers in 1942 that he received proper recognition in the mainstream of contemporary European literature. His works have been translated into many languages. Dino Buzzati died in Milan in 1972.
ISBN:
9781847677570
Language:
English
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BRN:
3163235