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On the Wandering Paths

By Sylvain Tesson

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On the Wandering Paths

By Sylvain Tesson

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A walking journey through France’s vast interior becomes a meditation on both personal recovery and the role of history in the present-more than 425,000 copies sold in France   After a free-climbing accident lands him in a coma and a hospital for four months, the French writer Sylvain Tesson makes a promise to himself: if he’s ever able to walk again, he will traverse the entire country of France on foot.   Part literary adventure, part philosophical reflection on our contemporary consumer culture, On the Wandering Paths takes us deep into the heart of what Tesson terms France’s “hyperrural” zones. Tracing the obscure paths peasants once followed throughout the countryside, Tesson embarks on a three-month journey of solitude and personal contemplation as he walks along vast stretches of mountain ranges and rivers, encountering ancient Roman stone bridges and walkways, the French Foreign Legion, pagan prayer sites, ProvenÇal villages, and the majestic Mont-Saint-Michel. Connecting deeply with the places he visits, his experiences inspire reflection on the essential need to disengage from the digital and immerse oneself in natural beauty. Rich with humor, historical insight, and literary power, On the Wandering Paths is both a meditation on the act of recovery and a potent recognition of the traces of our past in the present. Asking us to reassess our values and our relationship to the land, Tesson’s exquisite chronicle through landscapes that continue to resist urbanization and technology is a thoughtful-and thought-provoking-glimpse into a poet’s adventurous life. Les Chemins de Pierre, a film based on the book starring Jean Dujardin, is due to release in 2022.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
128
Release Date:
2022-08-02
Publication Date:
2022-08-02
Publisher:
University of Minnesota Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1517912814
ISBN13:
9781517912819
Weight:
184 g
Height:
125 cm
Width:
199 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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