by Paolo Cognetti · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782234083196
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«Les huit montagnes» is the novel by Paolo Cognetti, published by Stock in paperback (298 pages, in French).
Pietro, a city boy, and Bruno, a mountain child, meet in Grana, in the Aosta Valley. Bruno introduces him to the secrets of the mountain and together they explore forests and glaciers, forging a friendship in the wild nature. Twenty years later, Pietro returns to the mountain and to his friend to reconcile with his past.
The work was recognized with the Prix Médicis étranger and the Strega Prize in 2017. French translation by Anita Rochedy of the Italian original Le otto montagne.
For readers of contemporary and coming-of-age fiction: friendship, nature and reconciliation with the past.
Paolo Cognetti is an Italian writer and filmmaker, winner of the 2017 Strega Prize.
