The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati
Novel by Dino Buzzati published in 1940, the original title is Il Deserto dei Tartari. ⚠️ Spoiler Alert - Going to talk about the ending of the novel. The book tells the story of Giovanni Drogo, an army officer posted in a remote fortress at the border of an enemy kingdom. The fortress overlooks an endless desert, and most of the life there is going through routines of the repeated military operating procedures....