Down in the Valley

Paolo Cognetti, Stash Luczkiw

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Italian

Harvill
24 June 2025

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fiction in translation

Two brothers are reunited in their old family home high in the Italian Alps, in the heart-stopping new novel from Italy's million-copy bestselling author of The Eight Mountains

Alfredo and Luigi grew up in Valsesia, in northern Italy. Their father planted trees for them when they were born- for Luigi, a larch, which looks towards the sun and waves in the wind; for Alfredo, a fir, which flourishes only in the shade.

Since their father's untimely death, all the two brothers have in common is their heavy drinking and the old family home, high up on the mountain. Luigi would like to buy Alfredo out, move from down in the valley to start a new life up in the heights with Elisabetta and the baby girl they are expecting. But in this remote and wild landscape, one drink too many, one wrong word, can turn dogs into wolves.

By: Paolo Cognetti
Translated by: Stash Luczkiw
Imprint: Harvill
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 168g
ISBN: 9781787304994
ISBN 10: 178730499X
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 24 June 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Paolo Cognetti (Author) Paolo Cognetti was born in Milan and continues to divide his time between the city and his cabin in the Italian Alps. He is the author of The Lovers and The Eight Mountains, which was an international sensation- a bestseller in multiple languages and the winner of Italy's Premio Strega and the French Prix Medicis etranger. The film adaptation of The Eight Mountains won the 2022 Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Stash Luczkiw (Translator) Stash Luczkiw is a US-born writer of poetry, fiction and journalism. He has translated various books from Italian and other languages into English.