Welcome to Litsy!

Un libro che con parole semplici racconta la semplice storia di un amicizia autentica, senza pretese, duratura nel tempo. Molte parole per raccontare anni di silenzi nella natura incontaminata di montagna. La storia si sviluppa nell ingenuità dell infanzia, per poi arrivare all incertezza della giovinezza, finendo in una realtà a volte bellissima a volte difficile da digerire.Due vite diverse legate da un amicizia indissolubile.

Molto commuovente, fa riflettere e mette un bel po‘ di angoscia e ansia. Bello, non proprio il mio tipo di libro ideal ma indubbiamente un best seller. Scorrevole e coinvolgente. Fa piangere 100% e venire rimorsi, forse un po‘ troppo pensato per smuovere cose e vendere. Non so

Finally finished this yesterday. The film adaption of this was my favorite movie of 2023 and I‘m glad to say Cognetti‘s writing was equally elegiac and haunting. One reviewer has called this a male version of Ferrante‘s My Brilliant Friend and I don‘t think it‘s an unfair comparison. It‘s a shame more male authors don‘t write about the complexity of male friendships.

At the beginning of the novel, Pietro, the narrator, is a child who lives in Milan with his parents in the 1980s. Both parents grew up in mountain villages and take him hiking, spend every summer in a mountain hut where he meets and befriends Bruno. This is the story of their friendship which will last 30 years and the story of Pietro‘s love for the mountains. Great premise but it‘s boring and predictable

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Paolo Cognetti is one of my favorite authors and this novel is the reason why 💟
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Mi ha preso 2 mesi, ma ho finito il mio primo libro in italiano! ??
È una storia simpaticissima, sulla montagna e sulla amicizia tra due persone molto differenti ma anche molto simili.
Ho dovuto leggerlo almeno due volte perché ci sono moltissime parole specifiche della montagna e non le conozco tutte anche nella mia lingua materna !
È un libro che merita d'essere letto in ogni caso :)

The story of 2 friends and the influence their home in the #mountains has on them.

#MagicalMay @Eggs

1. I‘ve visited 20 countries.
2. If forced to choose I would say mountains.
3. Australia
4. Middle Earth

?? "Qualunque cosa sia il destino, abita nelle montagne che abbiamo sopra la testa"

?? “Whatever destiny may be, it resides in the #mountains that tower over us”

#LetsTravelJuly @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

This is a beautifully written books exploring the relationship between two life-long friends, Pietro and Bruno, as well as the relationship between Pietro and his parents, and both men‘s relationship with the mountains in which Bruno lives and which Pietro explores. But I don‘t think it‘s really my genre. I found it nice, but nothing more.

1. Either, it depends on my mood and where I am.

2. Sweet!

3. Cats (I have three!)

4. Mountains

5. Shout-out to recent followers @JohannaRose @Skeeterisme @catchingbooks

#SummerThisorThat @Hestapleton

I found this book very charming. It is so evocative of the romantic notion of the mountains. If you like being in the mountains or dreaming about them, you might want to pick up this book. #catsoflitsy

A bit disappointed by this Italian novel that got raving reviews in the Dutch media.
It is the story of two friends who grow up together in the Italian Alps. When they get older they grow apart but there are always the mountains that reminds them of the importance of their friendship.
I‘ll give it a pick because it is beautifully written, the dialogues as well as the descriptions of the mountains.

A picturesque and thoughtful book where not a lot happens, but you will be transported to the Italian alps and feel the seasons of the mountains and the work that the villagers need to do to survive. 3.5 stars for me.
This is my closest mountain at the moment - Putuaki - like almost all the other mountains in the North Island it‘s a volcano.

This book is just the change of pace I need at the moment - I‘m walking on windy beaches but imagining I‘m in alpine meadows 🌸🌲🌷💐 Beautiful!

“A landscape that resembles us”

I️ happened to stumble upon this book today while browsing Goodreads giveaways, and what a coincidence that it has #eight in the title! 🤗 Listed as a book for fans of Elena Ferrante, Fredrik Backman, and Paolo Coelho - I‘m sold!

#novemberbythenumbers

I started a new book. This book has won the witch prize in Italy this year. 😁✨#leottomontagne #paolocognetti #libro #premiostrega #2017 #lettura

Qualunque cosa sia il destino, abita nelle montagne che abbiamo sopra la testa

me, myself and.. a coffee! (and a book, of course!)
#coffebreak ❤☕📖

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