What inspired Dino Buzzati to set this story within a remote fortress waiting for an enemy that may never come?
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What inspired Dino Buzzati to set this story within a remote fortress waiting for an enemy that may never come?
Did anyone else feel the protagonist’s sense of hope was both fragile and persistent?
The pacing is quite slow and contemplative — was that a deliberate choice to mirror the protagonist's inner life?
