A character in this novel is compared to the dying Prince Sebastian while he passes away, deliberately freezing to death.
A character in this novel is compared to the dying Prince Sebastian while he passes away, deliberately freezing to death. After leaving to catch a horse, a character in this novel is shot when he returns for not knowing a password, even though everybody knows who he is. Characters in this novel who await a "general alarm" are disappointed when they learn that recent sightings have only seen frontier scouts from the Northern Kingdom. In this novel, (*) Angustina is said to have known the "exact moment to die" by Ortiz, who - like the protagonist - serves under Filimore [fill-ee-MORE-ay]. The protagonist of this novel is given his first assignment at Fort Bastiani, where he serves his life waiting for an invasion, but is dismissed just before it arrives. For 10 points, name this novel about the soldier Giovanni Drogo, the best-known work of Dino Buzzati
A character in this novel is compared to the dying Prince Sebastian while he passes away, deliberately freezing to death.
The Tartar Steppe [or The Desert of the Tartars; or Il Deserto dei Tartari]