The Eight Mountains by Paul Cognetti

The Eight Mountains
By Paolo Cognetti

This is a beautiful book and a wonderful film, about love and friendship

An award-winning best seller in the author’s native Italy, this is the story of relationship, the close bond that ties the main characters together but also their link to the landscape around them that dominates their lives

The mountain of Monte Rosa informs the narrative. Two young Italian boys, Pietro and Bruno spend their childhoods together in a secluded Alpine village, roaming the surrounding peak and valleys before their paths diverge…