Consolations of the Forest: Alone in a Cabin in the Middle Taiga by Sylvain Tesson chernobyl Beautifully illustrated and lyrically told

Beautifully illustrated and lyrically told

in territory seized from China in the nineteenth century

A devastating challenge to the idea of communism as a 'great leveller'

But victimhood-based consolidation is also leading the country down the path of political confrontation and economic stagnation

in death and in memory

Consolations of the Forest: Alone in a Cabin in the Middle Taiga by Sylvain Tesson chernobyl Beautifully illustrated and lyrically toldSylvain Tesson found a radical solution to his need for freedom, one as ancient as the experiences of the hermits of old Russia: he decided to lock himself alone in a cabin in the middle taiga, on the shores of Baikal, for six months. Noting carefully his impressions of the silence, Sylvain Tesson shares with us an extraordinary experience. Paperback