The Art of Patience

In The Art of Patience: Seeking the Snow Leopard in Tibet, the French writer Sylvain Tesson chronicles his rapturous journey through Tibets Chantang plateau with the wildlife photographer Vincent Munier. Tessons words, in a ravishing translation by Frank Wynne, paint pictures as vivid as any photograph. -- Liesl Schillinger, <i>New York Times</i>, 'Best Books of 2021', Travel Tesson is a transcendent travel writer [The Art of Patience] inspires action, thought, silence and perhaps also prayer. -- <i>BBC Countryfile Magazine</i>, Best Books of 2021 A wonderful evocation of waiting and watching for nature. -- Tim Birkhead, author of <i>Bird Sense</i> Beautifully written, beautifully translated, intensely moving and totally absorbing. -- Stanley Johnson, author of <i>Where the Wild Things Were</i> The Art of Patience is extraordinarily beautiful, a narrative of prose that flows with poetry, a long last loving glance at the planet, a visit to the vital bedside of a living world determined to stay alive. -- Carl Safina, author of <i>Becoming Wild: How Animals Learn to be Animals</i> I found it hard to resist there is so much more to this elegantly written book than the story of a search. It is also a philosophical consideration of the benefits of silence, waiting and personal reflection; an ode to the psychological effect of natural beauty; and a poetic eulogy to the planet. -- <i>Big Issue</i> [One of] the best books of the year. * <i>Financial Times</i> on <i>Consolations of the Forest</i> * I thought Id rip through this book. But its not something you want to read fast. Tesson, who I came to like more and more, is trying to rearrange his relationship with time. Being alone, miles from anywhere, encourages him to sit still and watch things. * <i>Spectator</i> on <i>Consolations of the Forest</i> * He comes across as the brainiest, daftest, sternest, funniest, most companionable hermit you'll ever meet. * <i>Guardian</i> on <i>Consolations of the Forest</i> *

Sylvain Tesson is one Frances leading travel and nature writers, whose books have won him hundreds and thousands of readers in France and a number of its top prizes, including the 2019 Prix Renaudot for The Art of Patience. His highly regarded Consolations of the Forest was published in English in 2014. Frank Wynne is an Irish literary translator whose translations, including works by Michel Houllebecq, Frdric Beigbeder and Pierre Lemaitre, have won him a number of prizes. His translation of Virginie Despentess Vernon Subutex 1 was shortlisted for the 2018 Booker International Prize.