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At the start of Buzzati's (The Stronghold) enthralling 1960 novella set in a futuristic 1972, meek electronics professor Ermanno Ismani receives a cryptic missive summoning him to the byzantine Ministry of Defense, where he is offered a lucrative position to work on a mysterious project at an undisclosed location known simply as military zone 36. So far, so Kafkaesque, but things take a gothic turn w...Log In or Sign Up to Read More