EAN: 9780063115408

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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 a community and a touching romance all condensed into 200 pages. -Financial Times As a romance blooms in an isolated Italian Alpine town fate and free will shape the lives of many in this gorgeously written novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Eight Mountains basis for the 2022 Cannes Jury Prize winning film Fausto moves to Fontana Fredda-Cold Fountain-a small remote village high in the mountains having left Milan and an old love behind. Out of the way and off the beaten path Fontana Fredda is a town that operates by its own rules sense of time and movement of seasons. Its citizens lead quiet but complex lives-and Fausto is attracted to that contrast. There's Santorso the former forest ranger who prefers the company of wolves to humans. Babette the elegant ex-urbanite who after a brief fling with a mountain man opened a permanent fixture in the village: the little restaurant where Fausto works as a line cook catering to visiting skiers. And it is there where he meets Silvia the new waitress. Young cheerful with the air of a world traveler the two quickly become friends and so much more. When winter ends Fausto and Silvia part ways and return to their old lives to tie up loose ends. Fausto eventually goes back to Fontana Fredda to find Silvia only to learn that she has found a summer job in a nearby glacier. There among Italy's peaceful and picturesque nature Silvia meets a Nepalese mountain guide who introduces her to the enigmatic teachings of the Buddha. Meanwhile Fausto finds work cooking for a crew of lumberjacks and makes regular visits up by Silvia. With the turn of seasons Fausto and Silvia's relationship is profoundly changed by the winds of time.Life as they discover contains endless possibilities. Structured in short distilled chapters Paolo Cognetti's luminous atmospheric novel offers an elegant portrait of a budding romance between two kindred but different spirits united by their attraction to an isolated landscape. Empathetic achingly evocative and buoyed by an affection for the natural world it is a beautiful meditation on our infinite search to understand our place in the universe. Translated from the Italian by Stash Luczkiw

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