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

by Sylvain Tesson

Book Overview

A meditation on escaping the chaos of modern life and rediscovering the luxury of solitude. Winner of the Prix M dicis 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847841278
• ISBN13: 9780847841271
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Comfort read!

I read this book during the Coronavirus pandemic and I loved it very much. I think it is very well written, easy to follow, and reflective; has timeless themes of nature, solitude, and connection; and a piece that one can come back to again and again.