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Paolo Cognetti in conversation with Héctor Abad Faciolince

Arequipa 2019, 

The Italian writer Paolo Cognetti, author of The Wild Boy: A Memoir and The Eight Mountains, is an international sensation, winning the Italian Strega Award and the French Médicis Prize. He talks to Héctor Abad Faciolince about his latest novel, Senza mai arrivare in cima; Viaggio in Himalaya, a reflection on nature and solitude on a trip through the mountains of Nepal.

With the support of the Instituto Italiano de Cultura

Paolo Cognetti in conversation with Héctor Abad Faciolince