Novelle e paesi valdostani

A collection of short narratives and sketches set in the mountain communities of the Aosta Valley, portraying local life through episodes about coachmen, innkeepers, hunters, priests, miners and other villagers. Many pieces record observed incidents or regional anecdotes rather than elaborate plots, highlighting seasonal hardships, social rituals, work routines, and old legends; the prose balances earthy humor, sympathetic portraits, and quiet melancholy while dwelling on landscape, customary detail, and communal memory.