Fate and free will shape the arc of a powerful, mysterious romance in an isolated Italian Alpine town in this gorgeously written novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Eight Mountains. Leaving Milan and an old love behind, Fausto moves to Fontana Fredda-Cold Fountain-a small, remote village high in the mountains. Out of the way and off the beaten path, Fontana Fredda is a tourist town that operates by its own rules, sense of time,...

Born of tumult in 1909, the Giro d'Italia helped unite a nation. Since then, it has reflected it's home country-the Giro's capricious and unpredictable nature matches the passions and extremes of Italy itself. A desperately hard race through a beautiful country, the Giro has bred characters and stories that dramatize the shifting culture and society of its home. There was Alfonsina Strada, who cropped her hair and raced against the men in 1924, or...