Paolo Cognetti, between dog and wolf

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Paolo Cognetti, between dog and wolf

The Italian novelist stages the meetings of two brothers in an alpine valley, Valsesia, not far from Switzerland. A tale of acute and tender beauty Perhaps the influence of the mountain. Discret, Paolo Cognetti knows how to listen and is not afraid of silence. In his eyes, one sees the reflection of what he has long considered: trees, beasts, deep valleys and peaks, glaciers inexorably declining. This striking man was this week on his way to Par…