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Prix Médicis めでぃしすしょう

Edition 27 (2011)

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Sylvain Tesson しるゔぁん・てっそん Winner

A reflective record of six months spent in a cabin in the Siberian taiga. The book turns solitude, survival, and close observation of nature into a calm memoir.

A life pared down to snow, silence, and the daily work of staying alive.

289 pages
naturesolitudetravel memoir