This is a quirky little book, sci-fi in its way, written by the Italian author Buzzati in 1960.   The plot is an odd one, these days, but due to my background, I know where he’s coming from. Professor Ismani is summoned by the Department of Defense to accept, along with his wife Elisa, a top secret two year assignment in the Swiss Alps.  They are given no information other than it is not a military assignment, but agree to it anyway.  It is a secretive […]