- Premio Strega 2007 · Shortlist
Il profumo della neve
“The Scent of Snow” (title translated by AI)
Franco Matteucci
English editions
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In a nameless village in the Italian mountains, Ugo has just collected his first pension. It is a clear day after a long storm, and the snow keeps falling until it covers everything. He wants to strap on his old Derby Oro skis and imitate Zeno Colò, the champion of his childhood, and talks his anxious, protective wife Laura into letting him go. Carried away by the snowy slopes, he strays and gets lost, meets Svetlana, a young Russian woman who offers him shelter, and finds himself on a journey suspended between reality and dream.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 125 pages in the original
- Genres
- Nature (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Italy
- First published
- 2007 by Newton Compton
- ISBN
9788854107984 (original)