The Eight Mountains - format ePub

Sofia si veste sempre di nero è la nuova prova narrativa di Paolo Cognetti, autore di Manuale per ragazze di successo e Una cosa piccola che sta per esplodere. Nei suoi racconti, cesellati con la finezza...

Paolo ha trent’anni e si sente senza forze, sperduto, sfiduciato: gli sembra di non andare da nessuna parte. Così lascia la città dov’è nato e cresciuto e se ne va a stare in montagna, in una baita a...

NUOVA EDIZIONE AMPLIATA, IMPREZIOSITA DALLE ILLUSTRAZIONI DI ALESSANDRO SANNA. Trent’anni, un inverno difficile e la sensazione di non andare da nessuna parte: “Mi sentivo senza forze, sperduto e sfiduciato....

«A un certo punto del mio apprendistato mi misi in testa che, se volevo diventare un bravo scrittore di racconti, dovevo imparare a pescare». Un'educazione letteraria e sentimentale. Paolo Cognetti, probabilmente...

Paolo ha trent'anni e si sente senza forze, sperduto, sfiduciato: gli sembra di non andare da nessuna parte. Così lascia la città dov'è nato e cresciuto e se ne va a stare in montagna, in una baita a...

Sette racconti, sette ritratti di donna. Ragazze in lotta per l'amore, la maternità, il lavoro; donne che fanno carriera o ereditano fortune; donne che perdono il lavoro, vengono tradite e lasciate, provano...

NUOVA EDIZIONE AMPLIATA, IMPREZIOSITA DALLE ILLUSTRAZIONI DI ALESSANDRO SANNA. Trent'anni, un inverno difficile e la sensazione di non andare da nessuna parte: "Mi sentivo senza forze, sperduto e sfiduciato....

Cinque racconti ambientati negli anni più teneri, più violenti, più tormentati della nostra vita. Ereditiere affascinanti e scheletriche rinchiuse in una clinica per anoressiche, figli scaraventati dai...

Sofia si veste sempre di nero è la nuova prova narrativa di Paolo Cognetti, autore di Manuale per ragazze di successo e Una cosa piccola che sta per esplodere. Nei suoi racconti, cesellati con la finezza...

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)...

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"A short novel of affecting elegance" –Vogue"Cognetti... delivers a beautiful meditation on nature, love, and renewal." –Publishers Weekly“A masterclass in high-altitude atmosphere, a sharp portrait of...

« Quel que soit notre destin, il habite les montagnes au-dessus  de nos têtes. »Pietro est un garçon de la ville, Bruno un enfant des montagnes.  Ils ont 11 ans et tout les sépare. Dès leur rencontre...

  Fausto a quarante ans, Silvia en a vingt-sept. Il est écrivain, elle est artiste-peintre. Tous deux sont à la recherche d’un ailleurs, où qu’il soit. Alors que l’hiver s’installe sur la petite station...

« J’ai fini par y aller vraiment, dans l’Himalaya. Non pour escalader les sommets, comme j’en rêvais enfant, mais pour explorer les vallées. Je voulais voir si, quelque part sur terre, il existait encore...

Le Garçon sauvage commence sur un hiver particulier : Paolo Cognetti, 30 ans, étouffe dans sa vie milanaise et ne parvient plus à écrire. Pour retrouver de l’air, il part vivre un été dans le Val d’Aoste....

«  En bas dans la vallée surpasse Les Huit Montagnes.  »La Reppublica  Fredo et Luigi ont grandi dans la Valsesia, une vallée montagneuse du nord de l'Italie. Ils se ressemblent tout en étant très différents,...

« Qu’allais-tu faire là-bas ? Tes amis te le demandaient souvent : pourquoi encore cette ville ? Pourquoi tout ce temps ? Qu’y a-t-il à New York que tu ne connais pas déjà ? Parfois tu te le demandais...

Depuis le jour de sa naissance, la vie est une guerre pour Sofia. Une guerre qu’elle mène contre ses proches, contre le monde entier. Inquiète, excentrique, débordante, insaisissable, Sofia est toujours...

« Quel que soit notre destin, il habite les montagnes au-dessus de nos têtes. »Pietro est un garçon de la ville, Bruno un enfant des montagnes.Ils ont 11 ans et tout les sépare. Dès leur rencontre à Grana,...

Cinque racconti ambientati negli anni più teneri, più violenti, più tormentati della nostra vita. Ereditiere affascinanti e scheletriche rinchiuse in una clinica per anoressiche, figli scaraventati dai...

«A un certo punto del mio apprendistato mi misi in testa che, se volevo diventare un bravo scrittore di racconti, dovevo imparare a pescare». Un’educazione letteraria e sentimentale. Paolo Cognetti, probabilmente...

Sette racconti, sette ritratti di donna. Ragazze in lotta per l'amore, la maternità, il lavoro; donne che fanno carriera o ereditano fortune; donne che perdono il lavoro, vengono tradite e lasciate, provano...

Sofia si veste sempre di nero è la nuova prova narrativa di Paolo Cognetti, autore di Manuale per ragazze di successo e Una cosa piccola che sta per esplodere. Nei suoi racconti, cesellati con la finezza...

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