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Paolo Cognetti

Born 1978 · Italy

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  • In English

    Strega 2017 · Winner

    The Eight Mountains

    Le otto montagne

    Paolo Cognetti · 38 when first published

    Novel · 215 pages · Coming of age, Nature, Family

    AI-generated summary:Pietro, a solitary city boy, spends his summers in a village at the foot of Monte Rosa, where he befriends Bruno, a cowherd his own age, and learns from his father to walk the mountains.