A collection of works by the Italian writer Dino Buzzati, including two of his famous pieces. “The Tartar Steppe” is a philosophical novel about a young officer who spends years of his life in a remote fortress, awaiting an enemy attack that may never happen. “The Secret of the Old Woods” is a mystical work exploring the boundary between reality and fantasy in the atmosphere of a mysterious forest. Both works reflect Buzzati’s characteristic style, combining elements of the absurd, fantasy, and existential philosophy.