Paolo Cognetti Books

'Could Cognetti be the new Elena Ferrante?' Bookseller The international sensation that spent a year on the Italian bestseller list about two young boys who meet in the mountains every summer, and the men they grow up to become 'ENCHANTING' Guardian 'BRILLIANT' New York Times 'ABSORBING' Irish Times Pietro, a lonely city boy, spends his summers in a secluded valley in the Alps. There, surrounded by meadows and peaks, he begins to learn of his father's dreams and passions. There, too, he meets Bruno, the son of a local stonemason. As the pair run wild, they form a once-in-a-lifetime friendship. Then one year, the summer visits stop. Pietro is drawn to cities around the world. But the memory of the mountains never leaves him and, after his father dies, he returns in search of the freedom and camaraderie that he once knew. 'Exquisite... A rich, achingly painful story' ANNIE PROULX Winner of the 2017 Strega Prize, the Strega Giovani Prize and the Prix Medicis etranger

From the author of international bestseller The Eight Mountains comes a story of love and community in the wild beauty of the Italian AlpsThe remote alpine village of Fontana Fredda lives by the seasons. These quiet, complex rhythms appeal to Fausto, who has left the city of Milan behind, and with it his relationship. He takes a job as chef in a little restaurant and entrusts himself to new beginnings.Silvia is also seeking change: her sights are on the glaciers where, she has read, climbing a thousand metres towards the sky is equivalent to travelling ten times the same distance to the north. She is in search of her personal North Pole.When Fausto and Silvia meet one night, their story begins: a tender story of love and renewal; of the community that sustains them; and of lives humbled by the implacable strength and beauty of the mountains.As intimate in focus as it is epic in scope, The Lovers is a luminous meditation on our quest to understand our place in one another's lives, and in the magnificence of the world around us.Praise for The Eight Mountains:'Exquisite... A rich, achingly painful story' Annie Proulx'Enchanting' Guardian'Brilliant' New York Times

A young man escapes his painful past by retreating to the rustic comfort of the Italian Alps in this gorgeously wrought memoir from the internationally bestselling author of the “exquisite” (Annie Proulx) novel The Eight Mountains. When life in the city becomes too overwhelming for Paolo, he decides to take refuge high in the Italian mountains. Returning to the breathtaking Valle d’Aosta—known for its snowcapped mountain peaks—after a decade’s absence, he rediscovers a simpler life and develops deep human connections with two neighbors. In this stunning landscape, he begins to take stock of his life and consider what he truly values. With lyrical and evocative prose, The Wild Boy is a testament to the power of the natural world, the necessity of an ever-questioning mind, and the resilience of the human spirit.

In this exquisitely written journal-turned-journey of self-discovery, author Paolo Cognetti examines our universal desire for connection through a voyage in the Himalayas. Why climb a mountain without ever reaching the summit? In 2017, Paolo Cognetti returned to Nepal, not to conquer the mountains but to journey through the high valleys of the Dolpo with a copy of Peter Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard in hand. Drawing on memories of his childhood in theAlps, Cognetti explored the roots of life in the mountains, truly getting to know the communities and the nature that forged this resilient, almost mythical region. Accompanying him was Remigio, a childhood friend who had never left the mountains of Italy, and Nicola, a painter he had recently met. Joined by a stalwart team of local sherpas, the trio started out in the remote Dolpo region of Nepal. From there, a journey of self-discovery shaped by illness, human connection, and empathy was born. Without Ever Reaching the Summit features line illustrations drawn by the author.

Aus der Hektik der Großstadt in die Ruhe der Berge: Die persönliche Geschichte von Bestsellerautor Paolo Cognetti Paolo Cognetti braucht eine Auszeit vom hektischen Leben in Mailand und mietet eine Hütte in den Bergen – nicht weit von dort, wo er als Kind die Sommer verbracht hat. Das Leben auf 2.000 Meter Höhe bringt die einfachen Dinge zurück: Holz hacken, Feuer machen, einen Garten anlegen. Endlich hat er Zeit zu lesen, spricht mit den Tieren, hört seltsame Geräusche in der Nacht. Wochenlang trifft er keine Menschenseele – bis aus dem Nebel doch eine Gestalt auftaucht. »Mein Jahr in den Bergen« ist 2017 unter dem Titel »Fontane Numero 1« im Rotpunktverlag erschienen.

De hoofdpersoon van De buitenjongen is een eenzame man van in de dertig. Zijn leven in Milaan is vastgelopen en hij mist de bergen van zijn jeugd, waar hij al tien jaar niet meer is geweest. Daarom besluit hij een hut te huren op tweeduizend meter hoogte en een paar maanden lang te leven op een manier waar hij vroeger stiekem van droomde: zielsalleen, omringd door wat dieren en zijn favoriete boeken. Het leven in de bergen is eenvoudig, hij hakt hout, legt een tuin aan, maakt vuur. En langzamerhand sterkt hij aan en herontdekt hij wat hij in de loop der jaren was verloren. Wekenlang ziet hij niemand, tot er ineens toch een gestalte opdoemt. De buitenjongen is een filosofische roman over de schoonheid van eenzaamheid, vriendschap, onze band met de natuur en met familie, en vormt een logisch geheel met de bestseller De acht bergen.

Sada sam bio na vrhu između dve doline mog života, hodao sam po kamenju koje je puklo od leda i zuzetno mekoj mahovini koja se stvara na visini od tri hiljade metara. S jedne strane razvođa bila je dolina mog zrelog doba, nebo iznad nje je bilo vedro, toliko plavo da sam imao utisak da to plavetnilo ima masu i zapreminu. Na drugoj strani, gde je bila dolina mog detinjstva, podizali su se oblaci, koji su se uvijali i rasplinjavali pod mojim nogama. Na jednoj strani sam proveo dvadeset godina, na drugoj poslednje mesece: dve doline koje su izdubile dve reke, i dve reke koje je iznedrila ista planina. Jedna knjiga-- dve priče o dva važna iskustva koja su obeležila život Paola Konjetija. Detinjstvo je proveo na Alpima i te planine poslužile su mu kao utočište nakon lične krize koju je imao u svojim tridesetim godinama. O tom svom iskustvu pripoveda nam u noveli Divlji dečak. U svojim četrdesetim potreba za istraživanjem, kako sveta tako i sebe, odvela ga je na Himalaje. Razmišljanja i doživljaje sa tog životnog puta opisao nam je u noveli Ne stigavši nikad do vrha. Između ova dva putovanja nastao je i roman Osam planina. Kada se čitaju jedna za drugom, ove priče nam ne oslikavaju samo dva različita sveta. Alpe i Himalaje, i sudbine ljudi koji na njima žive, već nas vode na put preobražaja samog pisca dočaran različitim trenucima jednog istog života. --page [4] of cover.