![]() It was the most important garrison, completely isolated and assigned the essential task of sounding the alarm if any threat were approaching. This detached fortification, three-quarters of an hour from the Fortezza, sat on top of a conical rock formation that overlooked the Tartar plain. The next day Giovanni Drogo commanded the guard at the New Redoubt. ![]() A gifted artist as well as writer, Buzzati was the author of five novels and numerous short stories as well as books for children. He served in World War II as a journalist connected to the Italian navy and on his return published the book for which he is most famous, The Stronghold, also known as The Tartar Steppe. Buzzati (1906–1972) came from a distinguished family that had long been resident in the northern Italian region of the Veneto. The following is from Dino Buzzati's The Stronghold. ![]()
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