The Tartare Steppe

Zusatztext The Tartar Steppe is a nightmare, a comedy of errors, a beautiful and anguished fable, a call to resistance against folly, the inspired assurance that one last act may justify our lifelong struggle to remain human Informationen zum Autor Dino Buzzati Klappentext 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 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. Buzzati died in Milan in 1972. Zusammenfassung 'Undoubtedly a masterpiece, a sublime book' Sunday TimesA dark and beautiful tale full of pain and longing, introduced by Tim Parks

Product details

• Authors: Dino Buzzati, Buzzati Dino
• Assisted by: Tim Parks (Introduction), Stuart C. Hood (Translation), Hood Stuart C. (Translation)
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.09.2018
• EAN: 9781786891648
• ISBN: 978-1-78689-164-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Series: The Canons; The canons
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / General, Fiction in translation, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary