Showing The consolations of the forest : alone in a cabin on the Siberian taiga by Sylvain Tesson

HardCover. Pub Date :2009-08-20 Pages: 243 Language: English Publisher: Rizzoli Ex Libris A meditation on escaping the chaos of modern life and rediscovering the luxury of solitude Winner of the Prix Mdicis 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 shares his deep appreciation for the harsh but beautiful land. the resilient men and women who populate it. and the bizarre and tragic history that has given Siberia an almost mythological place in the imagination. Rich with observation. introspection. and the good humor necessary to laugh at his ow...