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WITHOUT EVER REACHING THE SUMMIT. Copyright © 2020 by Paolo Cognetti. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

Illustration on frontispiece by Nicola Magrin; used by permission.

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Originally published as Senza mai arrivare in cima in Italy in 2018 by Einaudi.

FIRST EDITION

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Digital Edition JUNE 2020 ISBN: 978-0-06-297833-2

Version 05062020

Print ISBN: 978-0-06-297831-8