Story: Bumps in the Garden الأدب والفن

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Buzzati's short and long stories are full of occasional wanderings in the solitude of human thought and the lifting of veils hung over events, beyond which there is nothing but bitter and terrifying truths. Time in Buzzati's works breaks apart rapidly, and the span of a human life passes in the blink of an eye. Unlike many writers who spend consecutive pages describing useless details, he determines time and place with a short reference and then, word by word, leads the reader into a dizzying labyrinth of life's mysterious moments. Will you tell me what has happened?" Giacomo the gardener said: "It is not similar, sir! Even a thousand gardeners, like me, could not level this bump. Naturally, every time I encountered the bump, I thought of him—of my dear lost friend. For example, two or three months would pass without me encountering that small bump during my nightly walks in the darkness. Years and years continued to pass until one night, while walking—in a completely opposite corner of the garden—I encountered another bump. " A while later, I encountered the third bump, and even though it was a dark night, this time I also called Giacomo, who was asleep. Once again, I called out my friends' names: Cornali, Patane, Ribetzi, Longaneri, Mauri, Negro, Vergani, Sagala, Orlandi, Chiarli, Brambilla. But someone on that night will encounter a small bump in the garden and will face it the next night, and each time—forgive my hopefulness—with a little regret, they will think of a man whose name was Dino Bottazati.