Waterstones Consolations of the Forest
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Price: £10.99
Brand: Waterstones
Description: Sylvain 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. Waterstones Consolations of the Forest - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
Category: Books
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9780141975481
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ISBN: 9780141975481
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Author: Toby
Rating: 5
Review: I love this book so much so that I've bought it twice, read it twice, and twice given it to valued friends. If you're looking for some sort of Bear Grylls survival experience, this is not for you, but if you've ever craved the silence and remoteness of the wilderness, as a perceived antidote to the mindless noise and haste of the city, then buy this immediately. The book's partly a fascinating and vivid description of a remote and beautiful landscape, subjected to violent seasonal change, as well as of the characters that (very sparsely) inhabit it. This is worth the cover price alone. But it's also an extended meditation on the hermit, and all who flee cities and modernity to take refuge in the wilderness. I see a few other reviewers have taken exception at the volume of the author's esoteric and intellectual references, but these are always relevant, interesting and easy to digest, in my opinion. Chiefly, for me, this book is my own voyeuristic escape into the forest, with an informed and interesting guide who may drink a lot of vodka, but whose prose is never garbled. That you learn a lot of interesting sayings and thoughts (plus a bit of history and natural science) along the way is an excellent bonus.
Author: Arno
Rating: 3
Review: The Book is not properly bounded and looks fake
