Book :: The Tartar Steppe

The Tartar Steppe
By: Dino Buzzati
Pages: 198
Published: 1940
Genre(s): Italy
Fantasy
War
Rating: (1)

#295

72 points

I've Read It I Want To Read It

Users who've read this book...

Lupola rogpo2003 sirin32 zetuul cldv CaptainTrips kievzia saltandsugar 40 more..

Users planning to read this book...

amyers73075@yahoo.com Tipperj Ellenm0m Essjay Mina KalamazooDon Bkwrm95 Natig 318 more..

Often Likened to Kafka's The Castle, this great Italian novel, first published in 1945, is both a scathing criticism of military life and a meditation on the human thirst for glory. It tells of young Giovanni Drago, who is posted to a remote fort overlooking the vast Tartar steppe, the first line of defense against a rumored barbarian invasion. Although not intending to stay, Giovanni one day...

-- Read more at Amazon


Reviews

Create an account or login to one you already have to add a review!

forline forline

Interesting throughout with a fascinating ending.

Sep 24th, 2016

The Tartar Steppe appears on these lists...

29th on 100 Books of the Century by Le Monde