Description
Young Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo arrives at the remote Fort Bastiani, an isolated outpost overlooking a vast, empty desert known as the Tartar Steppe. Initially viewing it as a temporary assignment, Drogo finds himself increasingly captivated by the stark beauty of the frontier and the subtle allure of military routine. As years turn into decades, the fort becomes his entire world, a place where the anticipation of a distant, perhaps mythical, enemy overshadows the quiet passage of his own life. This profound novel explores themes of time, duty, and the human tendency to wait for a grand purpose that may never arrive, all rendered in Buzzati's uniquely atmospheric and allegorical style.
Available Editions
paperback
Carcanet
Published Jan 1, 1985
214 pages
ISBN: 9780586087664
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Details
First Published
1940
Language
eng
Translation
From: ita
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