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Catastrophe : and other stories / Dino Buzzati ; translated by Judith Landry.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Undetermined Series: Art of the storyPublisher: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First Ecco paperback editionDescription: xiv, 224 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780062742735
  • 0062742736
Other title:
  • Catastrophe
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The collapse of the Baliverna -- Catastrophe -- The epidemic -- The landslide -- Just the very thing they wanted -- Oversight -- The monster -- Seven floors -- The march of time -- The alarming revenge of a domestic pet -- And yet they are knocking at your door -- Something beginning with "L" -- The slaying of the dragon -- The opening of the road -- The Scala scare -- Humility -- The war song -- The egg -- The enchanted coat -- The saints.
Summary: "[The author] brings vividly to life the slow and quietly terrifying collapse of our known, everyday world. In stories touched by the fantastical and the strange, and filled with humor, irony, and menace, [he] illuminates the nightmarish side of our ordinary existence"--Amazon.com.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction Buzzati, Dino Available 33111009181393
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In Catastrophe, the renowned Italian short story writer Dino Buzzati brings vividly to life the slow and quietly terrifying collapse of our known, everyday world. In stories touched by the fantastical and the strange, and filled with humor, irony, and menace, Buzzati illuminates the nightmarish side of our ordinary existence.

From "The Epidemic," which traces the gradual effects of a "state influenza" that targets those who disagree with the government, to "The Collapse of Baliverna," where a man puzzles over whether a misstep on his part caused the collapse of a building, to "Seven Floors," which imagines a sanatorium where patients are housed on each floor according to the gravity of their illness and brilliantly highlights the ominous machinations of bureaucracy, Buzzati's surreal, unsettling tales reckon with the struggle that lies beneath everyday interactions, the sometimes perverse workings of human emotions and desires, and, with wit and pathos, describe the small steps we take as individuals and as a society in our march toward catastrophe.

With hints of Kafka and Edgar Allan Poe, Catastrophe, published for the first time in the United States, feels as timely today as ever.

"Originally published in Great Britain in 1965 by Calder and Boyars Ltd."--Title page verso.

"Preface by Kevin Brockmeier"--Cover.

The collapse of the Baliverna -- Catastrophe -- The epidemic -- The landslide -- Just the very thing they wanted -- Oversight -- The monster -- Seven floors -- The march of time -- The alarming revenge of a domestic pet -- And yet they are knocking at your door -- Something beginning with "L" -- The slaying of the dragon -- The opening of the road -- The Scala scare -- Humility -- The war song -- The egg -- The enchanted coat -- The saints.

"[The author] brings vividly to life the slow and quietly terrifying collapse of our known, everyday world. In stories touched by the fantastical and the strange, and filled with humor, irony, and menace, [he] illuminates the nightmarish side of our ordinary existence"--Amazon.com.

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