Cognetti’s writing is remarkably sparse yet deeply atmospheric. He captures the —the smell of larch trees, the biting cold of glacial water, and the crushing silence of the peaks—without ever becoming overly sentimental.
Is it better to travel the world, seeing all eight mountains? De acht bergen - Paolo Cognetti
The novel follows Pietro, a city boy from Milan, and Bruno, the last child of a forgotten mountain village. Their bond begins in childhood during Pietro’s family summers in the Grana valley. Despite their vastly different backgrounds, the mountains become their shared language. the biting cold of glacial water