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5/5 Foreword Reviews Language French Published in English 2013 Originally published 1 September 2011 Page count 266 | 3.8/5 Goodreads Country France Publication date 1 September 2011 Pages 266 Publisher Éditions Gallimard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original title Dans les forêts de Sibérie Similar Une vie à coucher dehors, Berezina, Immortelle randonnée : Compos, Limonov, L'usage du monde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Consolations of the Forest: Alone in a Cabin on the Siberian Taiga is a 2011 book by the French writer Sylvain Tesson. Its French title is Dans les forêts de Sibérie, which means "in the forests of Siberia". It recounts how Tesson lived isolated for six months, from February to July 2010, in a cabin in Siberia, on the northwestern shore of Lake Baikal. An English translation by Linda Coverdale was published in 2013.
Contents
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Accolades
The book was awarded the Prix Médicis essai. It was the runner-up for the Prix Renaudot, losing to Emmanuel Carrère's Limonov. The English translation received the 2014 Dolman Best Travel Book Award.
Adaptation
The book is the basis for the 2016 film In the Forests of Siberia, directed by Safy Nebbou and starring Raphaël Personnaz.
References
The Consolations of the Forest Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA