The Consolations of the Forest

"Dans les forêts de Sibérie" redirects here. For the film, see In the Forests of Siberia.

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.^[1]

The Consolations of the Forest

English hardcover edition
Author	Sylvain Tesson
Original title	Dans les forêts de Sibérie
Translator	Linda Coverdale
Language	French
Publisher	Éditions Gallimard
Publication date	1 September 2011
Publication place	France
Published in English	2013
Pages	266
ISBN	978-2070129256

Accolades

The book was awarded the Prix Médicis essai.^[2] It was the runner-up for the Prix Renaudot, losing to Emmanuel Carrère's Limonov.^[3] The English translation received the 2014 Dolman Best Travel Book Award.^[4]

Adaptation

The book is the basis for the 2016 film In the Forests of Siberia, directed by Safy Nebbou and starring Raphaël Personnaz.^[5]