On the first page of Tolstoy's 1859 novella, "Family Happiness," the protagonist informs the reader he is "wasting a second winter in the solitude of the country." Yearning for the hustle and bustle ...

How can cinema bring the issue of climate change to the public’s attention? To address this, the Cannes Film Festival invited seven film and documentary makers to share their vision on humanity’s ...

Sylvain Tesson (born 26 April 1972) is a French writer and traveller born in Paris. He has engaged in a number of unusual travels and expeditions which are the basis for his books. Among his most ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Consolations of the Forest: Alone in a Cabin in the Middle Taiga, by Sylvain Tesson, translated by Linda Coverdale, ...

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Louis Vuitton, the Maison’s founder, Louis Vuitton unveiled a new nugget in its Travel Book Series: Mars. Renowned French travel writer Sylvain Tesson and Belgian ...

In La panthère des neiges/The Velvet Queen, a feature directed by Marie Amiguet based on an idea by renowned wildlife photographer Vincent Munier, French writer and traveler Sylvain Tesson accompanies ...

Sylvain Tesson has walked from Russia to India, participated in archaeological expeditions in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and wintered alone in a cabin on a lake in Siberia. He earned a diplôme d’études ...