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The Tartar Steppe

Novel by Italian author Dino Buzzati, published in 1940.
The novel tells the story of a young officer, Giovanni Drogo, and his life spent guarding the Bastiani Fortress, an old, unmaintained border fortress

The Major Works

Browne’s first literary work was Religio Medici (The Religion of a Physician) which was circulated as a manuscript among his friends. It surprised him when an unauthorised edition appeared in 1642, since the work included several unorthodox religious speculations. An authorised text appeared in 1643, with some of the more controversial views removed. The expurgation …

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Possession

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The Sheltering Sky

1949 novel of alienation and existential despair by American writer and composer Paul Bowles.

The Ascent of Rum Doodle

Short 1956 novel by W. E. Bowman . It is a parody of the non-fictional chronicles of mountaineering expeditions that were popular during the 1950s, as many of the world’s highest peaks were climbed for the first time