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Paolo Cognetti
Without Ever Reaching the Summit: A Himalayan J...

Paolo Cognetti
Without Ever Reaching the Summit: A Himalayan Journey

2024 | Nakladatelství Folio, spol.s r.o.

An awestruck love letter to one of the most spectacular places on earth, from the author of international bestseller The Eight MountainsPaolo Cognetti marked his 40th birthday with a journey he had always wanted to make: to Dolpo, a remote Himalayan region where Nepal meets Tibet. He took with him two friends, a notebo…ok, mules and guides, and a well-worn copy of The Snow Leopard. Written in 1978, Matthiessen's classic was also turning forty, and Cognetti set out to walk in the footsteps of the great adventurer.Without Ever Reaching the Summit combines travel journal, secular pilgrimage, literary homage and sublime mountain writing in a short book for readers of Macfarlane, Rebanks and Cognetti's own bestseller, The Eight Mountains. An investigation into the author's physical limits, an ancient mountain culture, and the magnificence of nature, it is an awestruck love letter to one of the most spectacular places on earth. An awestruck love letter to one of the most spectacular places on earth, from the author of international bestseller The Eight MountainsPaolo Cognetti marked his 40th birthday with a journey he had al…ways wanted to make: to Dolpo, a remote Himalayan region where Nepal meets Tibet. He took with him two friends, a notebook, mules and guides, and a well-worn copy of The Snow Leopard. Written in 1978, Matthiessen's classic was also turning forty, and Cognetti set out to walk in the footsteps of the great adventurer.Without Ever Reaching the Summit combines travel journal, secular pilgrimage, literary homage and sublime mountain writing in a short book for readers of Macfarlane, Rebanks and Cognetti's own bestseller, The Eight Mountains. An investigation into the author's physical limits, an ancient mountain culture, and the magnificence of nature, it is an awestruck love letter to one of the most spectacular places on earth.

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Nová

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O knize

Stav:	Nová
Vazba:	Brožovaná
Počet stran:	138
Jazyk:	anglicky
ISBN10:	1529925436
ISBN:	9781529925432
Vydání:	1
Vystaveno:	13. 2. 2026 19:22
Číslo položky:	1618007

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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