Contains: Catastrophe, The Collapse of the Baliverna, The Epidemic, Terror at the Scala
Products specifications
Author
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Dino Buzzati |
Pub Date
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28/06/2018 |
Binding
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Paperback / softback |
Pages
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224 |
Country
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United Kingdom |
Dewey
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853.914 |
GBPPrice
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7.99 |
Availability
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Available |
This volume brings together twenty of the best stories written by Dino Buzzati - author of the celebrated novel The Tartar Steppe and one of the most original voices in twentieth-century literature - stories which show the Italian master's taste for the bizarre and the humorous, and for exploring the darker recesses of the human psyche.
From `The Collapse of the Baliverna', where a man is racked with guilt at the thought that he might have been responsible for the loss of many lives, to `The Epidemic', which describes the spread of a "state influenza" contracted only by people who don't step into line with the government, and `Terror at the Scala', where the higher echelons of Milan society are gripped with the fear of an impending revolution - these stories show how strange and unexpected events can creep into everyday life and draw ordinary people towards mystery, disquiet and, ultimately, catastrophe.