The Tartar Steppe - Dino Buzzati Ine Willems hadden eindelijk de erkenning gekregen

hadden eindelijk de erkenning gekregen waar Svevo zo lang op gewacht had

heeft ons altijd op het nippertje gered

strijklicht en tekenpapier een ongeduldig oeuvre

onbegraven achtergelaten en zonder dat er om hen gerouwd is

distant fireworks

The Tartar Steppe - Dino Buzzati Ine Willems hadden eindelijk de erkenning gekregenIdealistic young officer Giovanni Drogo is full of determination to serve his country well. But when he arrives at a bleak border station in the Tartar desert, where he is to take a short assignment at Fort Bastiani, he finds the castle manned by veteran soldiers who have grown old without seeing a trace of the enemy. As his length of service stretches from months into years, he continues to wait patiently for the enemy to advance across the desert,