The Consolations of the Forest: Alone in a Cabin on the Siberian Taiga

Hardcover • 2014 • English

The Consolations of the Forest: Alone in a Cabin on the Siberian Taiga

By Sylvain Tesson

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About the book

A meditation on escaping the chaos of modern life and rediscovering the luxury of solitude. Winner of the Prix Medicis for nonfiction, The Consolations of the Forest is a Thoreau-esque quest to find solace, taken to the extreme. No stranger to inhospitable places, Sylvain Tesson exiles himself to a wooden cabin on Siberia's Lake Baikal, a full day's hike from any -neighbor, - with his thoughts, his books, a couple of dogs, and many bottles of vodka for company. Writing from February to July, he ...Show more

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ISBN

9780847841271

Publisher

Rizzoli International Publications

Published year

2014

Language

English

Original title

The Consolations of the Forest: Alone in a Cabin on the Siberian Taiga

Format

Hardcover

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