He can’t recall how he intended it to end, so he goes back to the village that was featured in the story, but… In a drawer, an author finds a half-completed story he wrote years ago. In another story, a boy sees a man in the distance perhaps he’s a Gypsy with a walking stick. Years later he returns and tries to get his old job back. In a run-in with bandits, Barnabo loses his job for cowardice. They also fight off bandits who come to steal equipment. This was considered a job with status – they have uniforms, rifles and badges. Twelve foresters live in a cabin high in the Italian Alps.
The first story, Barnabo of the Mountains, is a novella making up half of the book. Buzzati is also known for an interesting quote: “Every writer and artist, however long he may live, says only one thing…” Buzzati (1906-1972) was an Italian writer famous in Italy for his novel The Tartar Steppe which was made into movie.
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