Cika wannan magana: A cikin gabatarwar "Kaputt", Malaparte ya bayyana dalla-dalla game da tsarin rubutu. Ya fara rubuta shi a cikin kaka na 1941, yayin da yake zaune a gidan Roman Souchena a ƙauyen Ukrainian na Pestchianka, wanda ke kusa da "Gidan Soviets" na gida wanda SS ta buƙata; ƙauyen a lokacin mil biyu ne kawai a bayan gaba. Souchena wani manomi ne mai ilimi, wanda ƙaramin ɗakin karatu na gida ya haɗa da cikakkun ayyukan Pushkin da Gogol. Matar matar Souchena, ta shiga cikin "Eugene Onegin" bayan aiki mai wuya, ya tuna Malaparte na Elena da Alda, 'ya'ya mata biyu na Benedetto Croce. Ma'auratan Souchena sun taimaka wa aikin rubuce-rubucen Malaparte, ya ɓoye rubutun a cikin gidansa daga binciken Jamus kuma ta sa shi a cikin suturar tufafin Malaparte lokacin da aka kore shi daga gabashin Ukraine saboda abin kunya na labaransa a cikin Corriere della Sera. Ya ci gaba da rubuce-rubuce a cikin Janairu da Fabrairu 1942, wanda ya ciyar a
Poland da Nazi suka mamaye kuma a gaban Smolensk. Daga nan ya tafi Finland, inda ya yi shekara biyu - a lokacin ya kammala dukan littafin sai babi na ƙarshe. Bayan ya kamu da mummunan cuta a gaban Petsamo a Lapland, an ba shi izinin warkewa a Italiya. A hanya, 'yan Gestapo sun shiga jirginsa a Filin Jirgin Sama na Tempelhof a Berlin kuma an bincika kayan dukkan fasinjojin sosai. Abin farin ciki, babu wani shafi na "Kaputt" a cikin kayansa. Kafin barin Helsinki, ya ɗauki matakin kariya na amincewa da rubutun ga wasu jami'an diflomasiyya da ke Helsinki: Count, Minista a Ofishin Jakadancin Spain; Yarima Dina Cantemir, Sakataren Ofishin Jakadancin Romania; da Titu Michai, wakilin manema labarai na Romania. Da taimakon waɗannan jakadun, a ƙarshe an kai rubutun Malaparte a Italiya, inda ya buga shi.