The Lovers: A Novel

"Cognetti... delivers a beautiful meditation on nature, love, & renewal." – Publishers Weekly

As a romance blooms in an isolated Italian Alpine town fate & free will shape the lives of many in this gorgeously written novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Eight Mountains.

Fausto moves to Fontana Fredda—Cold Fountain—a small, remote village high in the mountains, having left Milan & an old love behind. Out of the way and off the beaten path, Fontana Fredda is a town that operates by its own rules, sense of time, & movement of seasons. Its citizens lead quiet but complex lives—& Fausto is attracted to that contrast. There's Santorso, the former forest ranger who prefers the company of wolves to humans. Babette, the elegant ex-urbanite who, after a brief fling with a mountain man, opened a permanent fixture in the village: the little restaurant where Fausto works as a line cook,...

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Paolo Cognetti is an Italian writer, novelist, & editor from Milan. He divides his time between the city & his cabin in the Italian Alps. He is the author of The Eight Mountains & The Wild Boy.