The consolations of the forest
French essays
Travel writing
Wilderness areas
French Authors
Homes and haunts
Natural history
Travel
Description and travel
"A meditation on escaping the chaos of modern life and rediscovering the luxury of solitude. Winner of the Prix Médicis 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…
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