A Reflective Trek Through the Nepalese Himalaya

Italian writer Paolo Cognetti, best known for his award-winning novel The Eight Mountains, turns to travel memoir in this account of a journey through Dolpo, a remote high-altitude region of Nepal near the Tibetan border.

Setting off with two friends and local guides around his fortieth birthday, Cognetti carries a well-worn copy of Peter Matthiessen's classic The Snow Leopard, tracing echoes of that earlier expedition while grappling with altitude, friendship and the pull of remote mountain landscapes.

Blending travel writing with quiet reflection, this slim, illustrated book suits readers drawn to literary mountain narratives rather than conventional summit-chasing adventure stories.

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