Basically everything by Buzzati is awesome and virtually unknown to foreigners. I would suggest a short story collection though, like "sessanta racconti". http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sessanta_racconti It's up there with the best Asimov or Calvino or Borges: simple brilliant ideas, perfect execution. And yes, CTM is awesome too!
Typographic jacket · original cover not fetched
FROM THE SHARED SHELF · 2006–2026 SAMPLE
Sixty Stories
1 reader recommends it across 1 discussion
Topics are model-inferred labels.
Keep it on your reading list
THE WORD OF MOUTH
What made it worth passing on?
Original Hacker News comments, in the readers’ own words.