Il montanaro

Against the backdrop of the intact, harsh and beautiful nature of Vallarsa, captured in the scents and colors of the four seasons, Aste's narrative voice paints the fresco of a life out of the ordinary. From the chaos of the city, through a long adventurous existential journey, to finally arrive at the dense and generous silence of the peaks, the book traces the path of a man who made the mountains his path of life and knowledge. And even now that his illness precludes him from climbing the Corno, Mario continues to walk along the white stones of the mountain that served as his teacher, in the fine cobblestones of the rock splinters that crumble from the sheer walls. Sitting on the bench in his kitchen, in the quiet silence of his Obra, Mario reflects the sharp shadow of the mountain within himself, courageously continuing his path.