It's a bit complicated. It's a kind of exile up here -- but you have to find some sort of outlet, you have to hope for something. Someone began thinking about it, then they began to talk about Tartars -- who knows who was the first?

— Dino Buzzati The Tartar Steppe (1940)

Quassù è un po' come in esilio, bisogna pure trovare una specie di sfogo, bisogna ben sperare in qualche cosa. Ha cominciato uno a mettersi in mente, si sono messi a parlare dei Tartari, chissà chi è stato il primo...

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By Major Ortiz (Originally Captain Ortiz).

It's a bit complicated. It's a kind of exile up here -- but you have to find some sort of outlet, you have to hope for something. Someone began thinking about it, then they began to talk about Tartars -- who knows who was the first?

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