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The Tartar Steppe (Mass Market Paperback)

by Dino Buzzati (Author)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 214 pages
  • Publisher: Avon Books; First Bard Printing edition (Jun 1980)
  • ISBN-10: 0380502526
  • ISBN-13: 978-0380502523
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,738,225 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A very original and thought provoking book, 26 Jun 2001
This review is from: The Tartar Steppe (Paperback)
Sometimes described as an indictment of military life and thought, this book touches on far more. It somehow reaches into ones innermost mind, to put a precise finger on the futility of ones existence, yet also on the inevitibality of our destiny. I have read thousands of books in my time, but never one that made me so sad for my own life. The setting for this powerful book - the lonely Fort Bastiani, in some unknown place and time - is superbly painted, and its characters in perfect keeping with it. A book that deserves to be more well known, it would stand very favourable comparison with many contemporary novels.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Haunting and Hopeless, 29 May 2007
By S. Primrosesmith "Steven" (Andalucia) - See all my reviews
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I can't believe no one's reviewed this book yet. I came across it as a result of 1001 Books To Read Before You Die, and though I'd never heard of it before, it definitely deserves to be in that list (or even 10 Books To Read Before You Die). It's haunting, sad, melancholic and, if you find yourself stuck in a rut, it might make you rethink your situation. The story is based around a young soldier assigned to a remote fortress whose garrison is perpetually waiting, waiting and hoping for an attack by the enemy, whoever they are, from across the desert they have to watch. If that sounds like a boring idea for a book, it honestly isn't. It's absolutely beautiful. Buy it.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Everyone is in the Tartar steppe, 12 Nov 2003
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You read it and you will see that "Giovanni Drogo" is you. The story written by Buzzati is terribly true: the life of our main character in the fortress is a metaphora of our life. Drogo is waiting for a climax during his whole life, something that may give a meaning to his life and to his efforts. A life sacrificed to his carreer. People in the fortress are cast away from society waiting for a reward, they are like a community inside a prison where someone wants to escape and someone has given up any hope and feel unfit for the actual world. Nothing is happening, nothing will happen. When something that Drogo was waiting for his whole life is arriving, it' too late and his attention is now focusing on his life that is about to end. This book wakes you up and makes you think that maybe you are in the fortress waiting for something.Maybe you should get out before it is too late. This book will definitively give you a shake.
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5.0 out of 5 stars weird and wonderful
As said in other reviews, young Drogo is stationed at a remote post high in the mountains where he seems to be the only soldier not there by choice. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best
Like the other reviewers, it makes you wonder where your life went, and perhaps why you didn't do more with it while you had the chance. Read more
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