Artefacts

Il deserto dei tartari

Artefact Type:

book

Description:
An example of early existentialist novel within a surrealist setting. The main protagonist faces the fear of death and engages in a psychological struggle to make sense of the inevitable sense of the end of life.

First Publication Date:
1940-04-25
Author:
> Dino Buzzati
Publisher:
> Rizzoli
Place of Publication:
> Milan
Genre:
> Fantastic novel

Tags: Bourgeois intellectual Individuality Crisis of the West or Western Civilization Modern realism

Themes:

Fantastic