The Wild Boy

"""Cognetti's beautifully written, thoughtful memoir will resonate with readers searching for escape to a simpler life."" --Publishers Weekly ""Amiable and pleasant. . . . a gifted writer."" --Kirkus Reviews Praise for The Eight Mountains ""A fine book, a rich, achingly painful story that is made for all of us who have ever felt a hunger for the mountains. Few books have so accurately described the way stony heights can define one's sense of joy and rightness. And it is an exquisite unfolding of the deep way humans may love one another.""-Annie Proulx ""A moving meditation on man in time and nature.""--World Literature Today ""A novel that deals with deep themes - friendship, the relationship between generations, the management of one's life - in simple and precise yet evocative language.""-Corriere della Sera ""A slim novel of startling expansion that subtly echoes its setting.""-Vogue ""A timeless novel.""-Panorama ""Cognetti's novel elegantly paints the terrifyingly beautiful landscape of the mountains at the heart of a brotherly friendship that proves to transcend anything.""-Booklist ""Could Cognetti be the new Elena Ferrante?""-The Bookseller ""Through essential yet extraordinarily evocative and intense language, Cognetti constructs a short novel that many have already called a classic, in which undoubtedly echo the masters who inspired it."" -Critica Letteraria"