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Paolo Cognetti The Eight Mountains (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Eight Mountains : a Novel
- Publication Name
- The Eight Mountains
- Title
- The Eight Mountains
- Contributor
- Simon Carnell (Other)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1501169890
- EAN
- 9781501169892
- ISBN
- 9781501169892
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
- Genre
- Fiction
- Release Date
- 19/02/2019
- Release Year
- 2019
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Item Length
- 8.2in
- Item Width
- 5.3in
- Item Weight
- 7.1 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Topic
- Literary, Coming of Age
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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For fans of Elena Ferrante and Paulo Coelho comes a moving and elegant novel about the friendship between two young Italian boys from different backgrounds and how their connection evolves and challenges them throughout their lives. "Few books have so accurately described the way stony heights can define one's sense of joy and rightness...an exquisite unfolding of the deep way humans may love one another" (Annie Proulx). Pietro is a lonely boy living in Milan. With his parents becoming more distant each day, the only thing the family shares is their love for the mountains that surround Italy. While on vacation at the foot of the Aosta Valley, Pietro meets Bruno, an adventurous, spirited local boy. Together they spend many summers exploring the mountains' meadows and peaks and discover the similarities and differences in their lives, their backgrounds, and their futures. The two boys come to find the true meaning of friendship and camaraderie, even as their divergent paths in life--Bruno's in the mountains, Pietro's across the world--test the strength and meaning of their connection. "A slim novel of startling expansion that subtly echoes its setting" ( Vogue ), The Eight Mountains is a lyrical coming-of-age story about the power of male friendships and the enduring bond between fathers and sons. "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 ).
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1501169890
ISBN-13
9781501169892
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17038380555
Product Key Features
Book Title
Eight Mountains : a Novel
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Literary, Coming of Age
Publication Year
2019
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
7.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pq4903.O36o8813 2018
Reviews
" The Eight Mountains is a novel about love for the mountains, but more than that it is about those male relationships that rely on the slow accumulation of understanding where nothing is directly expressed: men, while feeling a lot, say very little, and tragically, sometimes this can be fatal. Cognetti's novel, poetic and properly romantic, achieves a moving grandeur." -- Sunday Times (UK), "A novel that deals with deep themes - friendship, the relationship between generations, the management of one's life - in simple and precise yet evocative language."- Corriere della Sera, "Cognetti captures the elation and melancholy that come with reaching a spectacular summit, only to realize the miniscule part we play in the panoarama of life." -- The Observer (UK), " The Eight Mountains is written in such arrestingly simple language - you can almost feel the Italian phrasing in the translation from Simon Carnell and Erica Segre - that it's impossible not to be gradually sucked into the peaks and valleys of Pietro's life....[T]here's something about the vertiginous setting that lends itself to this kind of contemplation. Cognetti captures the elation and melancholy that comes with reaching a spectacular summit, only to realize the minuscule part we play in the panorama of life."-- The Guardian, "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, "Cognetti's novel elegantly paints the terrifyingly beautiful landscape of the mountains at the heart of a brotherly friendship that proves to transcend anything." - Booklist, "Through essential yet extraordinarily evocative and intense language, Cognetti constructs a short novel that many have already called a classic, in which undoubtedly echo the masters who inspired it." - Critica Letteraria, "There is something of [Cognetti's] countryman Primo Levi in the wonderfully lucid sentences and contemplative tone of his prose....a beautifully crafted piece of writing, whose inevitable conclusion movingly sees the past repeat itself."-- Irish Times, " The Eight Mountains is an old-fashioned novel in the best sense of the word. With gorgeously understated, unhurried prose, Cognetti crafts the story of an unlikely friendship between a city boy named Pietro and a young cow herder, Bruno, who lives in the Alpine mountains where the members of Pietro's family spend their vacations....Cognetti's mix of patient observation and sharp insight into the natural world recalls the mastery of Helen Macdonald's H Is for Hawk ....Even though Pietro is solitary and remote, one can't help caring for him. The brilliant writing helps, but there's something more: His love for nature is profound, a sign that deep currents swirl beneath his crotchety surface, pulling the reader into the vortex of his emotions. Carnell and Segre capture the tone of Cognetti's calm descriptions of nature, setting them in tense contrast with Pietro's discordant thoughts."-- New York Times Book Review
Copyright Date
2018
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2017-038835
Dewey Decimal
853/.92
Dewey Edition
23
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