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The Tartar Steppe

by Dino Buzzati, Stuart Hood
The Tartar Steppe
The Tartar Steppe

Poignant meditation on time, waiting, and dreams.

If you've ever found yourself questioning the passage of time or the nature of your aspirations, "The Tartar Steppe" might resonate with you deeply. Dino Buzzati crafts a narrative that is both a profound allegory and a haunting existential exploration, capturing the eeriness of waiting for a moment that may never come. It's a book that could change the way you perceive the pursuit of goals and the bittersweet tang of dreams deferred.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Tartar Steppe

by Dino Buzzati, Stuart Hood
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ISBN: 9781786891648
Authors: Dino Buzzati, Stuart Hood
Publisher: Canongate Canons
Date of Publication: 2018-09-06
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Literature, Italian Literature, Classics
Goodreads rating: 4.21
(rated by 40474 readers)

Description

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.
 

Poignant meditation on time, waiting, and dreams.

If you've ever found yourself questioning the passage of time or the nature of your aspirations, "The Tartar Steppe" might resonate with you deeply. Dino Buzzati crafts a narrative that is both a profound allegory and a haunting existential exploration, capturing the eeriness of waiting for a moment that may never come. It's a book that could change the way you perceive the pursuit of goals and the bittersweet tang of dreams deferred.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.