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The Eight Mountains: NOW A MAJOR FILM

The Eight Mountains: NOW A MAJOR FILM

by Paolo Cognetti (Author), Erica Segre (Translator), Simon Carnell (Translator)

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    Paperback 2019

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Synopsis

The international sensation about two young Italian boys from different backgrounds who meet in the mountains every summer, and the men they grow to become Pietro, a lonely city boy, spends his childhood summers in a secluded valley in the Alps. Bruno, the cowherd son of a local stonemason, knows the mountains intimately. Together they spend many summers exploring the mountains' meadows and peaks, discovering the similarities and differences in their lives. As time passes, the two boys come to find the true meaning of friendship and camaraderie even as their paths diverge, Bruno's in the mountains and Pietro's in cities across the globe. `Exquisite... A rich, achingly painful story' Annie Proulx `Enchanting' Guardian Winner of the 2017 Strega Prize, the Strega Giovani Prize and the Prix Medicis etranger

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 272
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Vintage
Published: 21 Mar 2019
ISBN 10: 1784707066
ISBN 13: 9781784707064
Book Overview: The international sensation about two young Italian boys from different backgrounds who meet in the mountains every summer, and the men they grow to become

Media Reviews
A fine book, a rich, achingly painful story that is made for all of us who have ever felt a hunger for the mountains. Few books have so accurately described the way stony heights can define one's sense of joy and rightness. And it is an exquisite unfolding of the deep way humans may love one another. -- Annie Proulx
Could Cognetti be the new Elena Ferrante? * The Bookseller *
A great story about friendship and about what it means to become a man * Vanity Fair Italia *
There are no more universal themes than those of the landscape, friendship, and becoming adults, and Cognetti's writing becomes classical (and elegant) to best tell this story...a true novel by a great writer * Rolling Stone Italia *
A beautifully crafted piece of writing... Absorbing... The power of nature to transform the individual, for good and for bad, is seen through each of the characters -- Sarah Gilmartin * Irish Times *
Author Bio
Paolo Cognetti was born in 1978 in Milan. He divides his time between the city and his cabin 6,000 feet up in the Italian Alps. The Eight Mountains has spent a full year in the Italian bestseller lists and is published in 38 countries. The novel has won both Italy's Premio Strega and the French Prix Medicis etranger.