Without Ever Reaching the Summit, Paolo Cognetti
Without Ever Reaching the Summit, Paolo Cognetti
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Without Ever Reaching the Summit
A Journey

Author: Paolo Cognetti

Narrator: Jacques Roy

Unabridged: 2 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 06/23/2020

Synopsis

In this exquisitely written journal-turned-journey of self-discovery, international bestselling author Paolo Cognetti examines our universal desire for connection through a voyage in the Himalayas.Why climb a mountain without ever reaching the summit?In 2017, Paolo Cognetti returned to Nepal, not to conquer the mountains but to journey through the high valleys of the Dolpo with a copy of Peter Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard in hand. Drawing on memories of his childhood in theAlps, Cognetti explored the roots of life in the mountains, truly getting to know the communities and the nature that forged this resilient, almost mythical region. Accompanying him was Remigio, a childhood friend who had never left the mountains of Italy, and Nicola, a painter he had recently met. Joined by a stalwart team of local sherpas, the trio started out in the remote Dolpo region of Nepal. From there, a journey of self-discovery shaped by illness, human connection, and empathy was born.

About Paolo Cognetti

Paolo Cognetti is an Italian writer, novelist, and editor from Milan. He divides his time between the city and his cabin in the Italian Alps. He is the author of Without Ever Reaching the Top and The Eight Mountains, which was an international sensation and won Italy's Strega Prize and the French Prix Médicis étranger. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Luca

Un taccuino di viaggio illustrato, molto dettagliato, di un percorso verso l'Himalaya, che diventa l'occasione per riflettere su temi più ampi: la montagna, il viaggio, le amicizie, la vita. Un racconto molto semplice, a tratti fin troppo didascalico, dove la salita verso la cima è metafora della ris......more

Goodreads review by Odette

Nou, is me dat even een teleurstelling. Er zit geen natuur in dit boek. Alleen maar gedachten en waarnemingen over mensen en dieren. Er zit geen 'gewoon zijn' in dit boek. Met dit én De buitenjongen zo'n teleurstelling, ga ik écht De acht bergen herlezen als ik mijn boeken heb uitgepakt. Herinner ik h......more

Goodreads review by 8stitches 9lives

In this exquisitely written journal-turned-journey of self-discovery, bestselling author and inimitable Paolo Cognetti examines our universal desire for connection through a voyage in the Himalayas. Why climb a mountain without ever reaching the summit? In 2017, Paolo Cognetti returned to Nepal, not......more

Goodreads review by Jim

Cognetti immediately sets his book up for a comparison that can only work against him. In 1973 the American writer Peter Matthiessen hiked into the Himalayas with a friend, keeping a diary of his journey that has become a classic: The Snow Leopard. That book, in a way similar to Robert Pirsig’s Zen......more

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