What a terrible mistake, thought Drogo, perhaps everything is like that? we think there are beings like ourselves around us and instead there is nothing but ice and stones speaking a strange language; we are on the point of greeting a friend but our arm falls inert, the smile dies away because we are completely alone.
Dino BuzzatiAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: italian
- Born: October 16, 1906
- Died: January 28, 1972
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