English summary: Dino Buzzati was one of the creators of the modern Italian novel, one whose literary abilities also shined in his work as a war correspondent for the Corriere della Sera during World War II. From the imagined war of the Mongols, his first novel, to the real theater of naval battle on the Mediterranean, Buzzati chronicled with a unique eye the interminable waiting and sudden violence, the simple bravery of the seamen, and the noise of the machine rooms. The present volume represents a rare and ...
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English summary: Dino Buzzati was one of the creators of the modern Italian novel, one whose literary abilities also shined in his work as a war correspondent for the Corriere della Sera during World War II. From the imagined war of the Mongols, his first novel, to the real theater of naval battle on the Mediterranean, Buzzati chronicled with a unique eye the interminable waiting and sudden violence, the simple bravery of the seamen, and the noise of the machine rooms. The present volume represents a rare and stimulating testimony of this little known episode of the war. French description: Le Desert des Tartares , premier livre de Dino Buzzati, vient tout juste de sortir en librairie quand son auteur embarque en juin 1940 sur le croiseur Fiume pour couvrir la guerre en Mediterranee en tant que correspondant du Corriere della Sera . Chroniques de la guerre sur mer , inedit en France, reprend les depeches envoyees par le reporter de 33 ans pendant les trois annees durant lesquelles il participe aux batailles navales entre les flottes italiennes et britanniques, des cotes siciliennes et du Golfe de Syrte jusqu'a la mer Egee. Des articles dans lesquels on retrouve tout le talent de nouvelliste de Buzzati qui emerge a peine du conflit imaginaire vecu par le heros de son roman, l'officier Giovanni Drogo. De la guerre fantasmee a la guerre vecue, l'auteur se retrouve soudain plonge au milieu des combats navals mais aussi de leur longue attente. Immenses etendues immobiles, batailles sans vainqueur veritable, huis-clos de la vie a bord, le journaliste-ecrivain n'a pas son pareil pour raconter la guerre a partir de la bravoure d'un simple mousse, du vacarme de la salle des machines, et meme du regard d'un chien. Ces chroniques demeurent un temoignage rare et etincelant d'un episode peu connu de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
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