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What makes The Tartar Steppe devastating is not action or tragedy. It is quiet desperation . Buzzati writes with the cold clarity of a Kafka and the lyrical dread of a Poe.

This is the novel’s brutal thesis:

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The Fortress of Our Own Making: Why Dino Buzzati’s “The Tartar Steppe” Haunts You Forever What makes The Tartar Steppe devastating is not

And that, dear reader, is the trap.