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*Winner of the 2017 Strega Prize, the Strega Giovani Prize and the Prix Medicis etranger*The international sensation about two young Italian boys from different backgrounds who meet in the mountains every summer, and the men they grow to become.

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 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.

Hovedpersonen Fausto i denne besettende kjærlighetshistorien søker seg til en landsby høyt oppe i de italienske alpene, på flukt fra storbyen og et utrangert forhold. I den avsidesliggende landsbyen Fontana Fredda følger innbyggerne sine egne lover i pakt med skiftende årstider, og de fører stillferdige, men også spektakulære liv. Denne kontrasten tiltaler Fausto, og han tar seg jobb som kokk i landsbyens lille restaurant. Der møter han Silvia, en ung, verdensvant kvinne som drømmer om å bestige fjerne isbreer. De to innleder et skjørt og vakkert kjærlighetsforhold, omsluttet av det lille, tette lokalsamfunnet og av den mektige, uforsonlige naturen som omgir dem - og som er ulvens jaktmarker.I Ulvens lykke har Paolo Cognetti på få sider skapt en lysende, stemningsmettet roman som skildrer møtet mellom to beslektede, men svært ulike sjeler. Fausto og Silvia forenes først og fremst i sin dragning mot et isolert, farlig og vakkert landskap. Med stor innlevelse byr forfatteren på en ordknapp og intim, men samtidig episk beretning om to menneskers søken etter en plass i hverandres liv og i den storslagne naturen som de er en del av - enn så lenge i likhet med ulven. Cognettis naturskildringer er i en klasse for seg selv, og bør vekke gjenklang hos fjellvante norske lesere.«En gripende eleganse som bringer tankene til Hemingway.» - Vogue«En nydelig meditasjon over natur, kjærlighet og fornyelse.» - Publishers Weekly«Kjærlighetshistorien er troverdig og skjør ... og fjellet skildres som farlig, lysende, vakkert og fullstendig likegyldig overfor menneskets ego.» - Financial Times«En fortryllende ode til naturen som utforsker revnene og sprekkene i mellommenneskelige forhold, samt nye sjanser i livet, med en veldig, lysende kraft.» - La Repubblica

A short novel of affecting elegance -VogueCognetti... delivers a beautiful meditation on nature, love, and renewal. -Publishers WeeklyAs 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.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