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On the Wandering Paths (Paperback)
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On the Wandering Paths (Paperback)
Series: Univocal
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List price R534
Loot Price R438
Discovery Miles 4 380
You Save R96 (18%)
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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, Provencal 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.
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