Tesson, Sylvain
On the Wandering Paths (Univocal)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781517912819
- author:
- Tesson, Sylvain
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Pages:
- 128
- Dimensions:
- 20.1 x 12.7 x 1.3 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Travel, Essays & Travelogues, Biography,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
Sylvain Tesson's On the Wandering Paths is a deeply personal and philosophical journey through France's vast interior. After a free-climbing accident, Tesson makes a promise to himself to traverse the entire country on foot, leading to a three-month solo walk through the countryside.
Along the way, Tesson reflects on the role of history in the present, tracing the paths of peasants and encountering ancient Roman stone bridges, the French Foreign Legion, and pagan prayer sites. His experiences inspire a meditation on the need to disengage from the digital and immerse oneself in natural beauty.
This thought-provoking chronicle is a glimpse into a poet's adventurous life, rich with humor, historical insight, and literary power. It invites readers to reassess their values and relationship to the land, and is a poignant recognition of the traces of our past in the present.
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