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Paolo Cognetti
The Eight Mountains: NOW A MAJOR FILM

Paolo Cognetti
The Eight Mountains: NOW A MAJOR FILM

2019 | Nakladatelství Folio, spol.s r.o.

NOW A MAJOR FILM'With air in its lungs and love in its heart' Guardian *****An epic journey of friendship and self-discovery set in the breath-taking Italian Alps, about two boys who meet in the same village every summer, and the men they grow up to become.Pietro, an impressionable city boy, spends his summers in a sec…luded 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, author of The Shipping News'ENCHANTING' Guardian'BRILLIANT' New York Times'ABSORBING' Irish TimesWinner of the 2017 Strega Prize, the Prix Medicis etranger, and the Jury Prize at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. NOW A MAJOR FILM'With air in its lungs and love in its heart' Guardian *****An epic journey of friendship and self-discovery set in the breath-taking Italian Alps, about two boys who meet in the same …village every summer, and the men they grow up to become.Pietro, an impressionable 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, author of The Shipping News'ENCHANTING' Guardian'BRILLIANT' New York Times'ABSORBING' Irish TimesWinner of the 2017 Strega Prize, the Prix Medicis etranger, and the Jury Prize at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.

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Nová

Skladem do týdne
Odešleme nejpozději 28. 5. 2025

O knize

Stav:	Nová
Vazba:	Brožovaná
Počet stran:	256
Jazyk:	anglicky
ISBN10:	1784707066
ISBN:	9781784707064
Vydání:	1
Vystaveno:	1. 5. 2025 0:33
Číslo položky:	1223940

O autorovi

Paolo Cognetti

Paolo Cognetti je italský prozaik. Začal studovat matematiku na univerzitě, studia však zanechal a odešel na filmovou školu v Miláně , kterou absolvoval v roce 1999. Jako samouk vystudoval americkou literaturu a začal režírovat filmové dokumenty na sociální, politická a literární témata. Miluje New York a hory. Literárně debutoval v roce 2004 povídkovou sbírkou „Příručka pro úspěšné dívky“, po níž následovaly dvě další: „Něco malého, co každou chvíli bouchne“ a „Sofia chodí pořád v černém“ . O rok později vydal autobiograficky laděný deník „Divoký kluk“, kde vylíčil svůj útěk z města do hor. Román Osm hor vyšel italsky roku 2016 v nakladatelství Einaudi. Stal se světovým bestsellerem, práva na vydání knihy se dosud prodala do 33 zemí, jsou zakoupena filmová práva.

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