The Eight Mountains (novel)

The Eight Mountains
AuthorPaolo Cognetti
Original titleLe otto montagne
Translator
    • Simon Carnell
    • Erica Segre
LanguageItalian
PublisherEinaudi [it]
Publication date
2016
Publication placeItaly
Published in English
2018
Pages199
ISBN9788806226725

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]

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]

  1. ^ a b c 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.