Press Review & Curiosities
Reviews written on the basis of a genuine critical reading. We assessed the texts with a proper literary, technical and stylistic critique of mountain books.
Au-delà des Cimes - Catherine Destivelle
By Redazione Published: 05/09/2012
The docu-film on Destivelle... What can I say, perfect... it isn't even a docu-film, it is certainly not a film, it is a completely different way of presenting the mountains: it is simply a video…
K2, the last challenge by Franc Roddam
By Redazione Published: 03/09/2012
The usual ricocheting American blockbuster... On the back cover we find written: "Taylor is a young lawyer at odds with his working environment. Harold is a scientist oppressed by his intrusive wife. Both share a great…
Nanga Parbat - a film by Joseph Vilsmaier
By Redazione Published: 03/09/2012
The film "Nanga Parbat" throws you straight into a whirlwind of big themes. Within a few lines we find ourselves facing themes such as: prudence, risk, death, responsibility, faith.The introductory preamble would like to probe…
Ciaspolate - 100 hikes on snowshoes
By Redazione Published: 26/08/2012
Domenico Vasapollo, environmental hiking guide, ski touring instructor, canyoning instructor and member of the National Board of AIGAE, offers a handy little book... It's strange: the International Year of Mountains is long gone by now,…
Battaglie per la Trafojer (Battles for the Trafojer) - Magrin and Peretti
By Redazione Published: 24/08/2012
The Great War in Alta Valtellina An important work on the historical events of the Valtellina mountains. It concerns an alpine-military episode that today would seem impossible, which took place in the summer of 1917…
Himalaya, the childhood of a chief - Eric Valli
By Redazione Published: 24/08/2012
"In a remote village in the Dolpo, in the heart of the Himalaya, the story of the old chief Tinlé who, on learning of his son's death and suspecting the ambitious Karma of being to…
Rocce della Liguria (Rocks of Liguria) - Eugenio Poggi
By Edizioni il Piviere s.r.l. Published: 24/08/2012
it is also a useful and practical tool for interpreting rocks, their genesis and evolution over the geological eras. A popular edition, accessible even to non-specialists...The volume belongs to the new, handy series “I Pivierini”,…
Il pastore che amava i libri (The shepherd who loved books) by Italo Zandonella Calleger
By Redazione Published: 24/08/2012
Reading is like flying: you can beat the wings of imagination, but it is the wind that decides where to take you. On the lines of a summer breeze you can discover how wonderful the…
Terre alte, il libro della montagna (High Lands, the book of the mountain) - Carlo Grande
By Redazione Published: 20/08/2012
A book has come out, small in format. It sits well in the hand. It has a title that smacks of sweat and poetry, though! At least, you need a little mountain sensibility to catch…