The fifth volume of the book series I Quaderni CMC, Immenso e fragile. Un racconto dal nord features the images displayed in the exhibition by the same title. The book includes an introduction written by John Waters – writer and journalist from The Irish Times – an extensive interview with the photographer by Enrica Viganò and it is divided into three sections: : “Tra la gente del nord” (Among people from the north) and “Nel paesaggio immenso” (In the immense landscape) that show the faces of the inhabitants of these extreme areas; “Sui monti d’Islanda” (On the mountains of Iceland) is collection of photographs from the unpublished series dedicated to the transhumance that Axelsson had been documenting for over 25 years, a theme that nobody had ever analyzed before.