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The Consolations of the Forest: Alone in a Cabin on the Siberian Taiga
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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 Thoreauesque quest to find solace, taken to the extreme. No stranger to inhospitable places, Sylvain Tesson exiles himself to a wooden cabin on Siberias Lake Baikal, a full days 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 own folly, Tessons memoir is about the ultimate freedom of owning your own time. Only in the hands of a gifted storyteller can an experiment in isolation become an exceptional adventure accessible to all. By recording his impressions in the face of silence, his struggles in a hostile environment, his hopes, doubts, and moments of pure joy in communion with nature, Tesson makes a decidedly outoftheordinary experience relatable. The awe and joy are contagious, and one comes away with the comforting knowledge that as long as there is a cabin deep in the woods, nothing is completely lost.
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