Dole v údolí – Cognetti Paolo (2024)

Luigi and Elisabetta have been together for fifteen years and are now expecting their first child. She moved to the valley from the city because she wanted to experience real life, while he, the son of a poacher, joined the forest guard to provide for the family, and is now dealing with a strange case: someone is killing dogs along the Sesia River. With mild apprehension, they await the arrival of Luigi's explosive brother Alfred, who has been living in Canada for several years and is now returning for the settlement of their father's inheritance. The brothers could not be more different, just like the trees their father planted in front of the house when they were born: the hard yet fragile larch for Luigi and the strong and resilient spruce for Alfred. Besides the inherited house, the two men share only one thing: when they start drinking, they don't know when to stop. Paolo Cognetti returns in his latest work to some heroes and places already known from the previous novel Wolf's Luck, but this time, instead of sparkling mountain peaks, he explores the pitfalls of the gray valley.