The Eight Mountains (novel)

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The Eight Mountains
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Title page in original Italian language, Le otto montagne (2016)
Author Paolo Cognetti
Original titleLe otto montagne
Translator
    • Simon Carnell
    • Erica Segre
LanguageItalian
Publisher Einaudi  [ it ]
Publication date
2016
Publication placeItaly
Published in English
2018
Pages199
ISBN 9788806226725

The Eight Mountains (Italian : Le otto montagne) is a 2016 novel by the Italian writer Paolo Cognetti. It is about the friendship between a boy from Milan and a local boy in the Italian Alps, during childhood and as adults. [1]

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The Eight Montages ed 2017

The book was a bestseller in Italy and received the Strega Prize in 2017. [1] [2] The Times wrote that it has similarities to My Father's Glory by Marcel Pagnol but is darker and more tragic. [1] The Guardian wrote that the book's reflections sometimes are "on the brink of being overly mystical" but end up saved by "arrestingly simple language". [3]

It was the basis for the 2022 film The Eight Mountains . [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mills, David (18 March 2018). "Fiction book review: The Eight Mountains by Paolo Cognetti" . The Times . Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. ↑ De Leo, Carlotta (7 July 2017). "Premio Strega 2017, Paolo Cognetti: «Ora torno nella mia valle»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  3. ↑ East, Ben (18 March 2018). "The Eight Mountains by Paolo Cognetti review – friends in high places". The Guardian . Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  4. ↑ Bradshaw, Peter (10 May 2023). "The Eight Mountains review – a movie with air in its lungs and love in its heart". The Guardian . Retrieved 29 August 2024.
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