by Sylvain Tesson · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782352210894
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«Berezina» is the travel narrative and history by Sylvain Tesson, published in 2015 by Éditions Guérin in paperback (199 pages, in French).
The author recalls Napoleon's retreat from Moscow in 1812 and, two centuries later, travels the same route to Paris in a sidecar with a geographer, a photographer, and two Russian friends. Over four thousand wintry miles, he alternates reading historical memoirs with the present landscape and his reflections on the Emperor.
The cover subtitle is «En side-car avec Napoléon»; the edition includes bibliographic references and the cover displays the mention «Meilleur récit de voyage 2015» from the magazine Lire.
For fans of travel books, Napoleonic history, and motorcycle journeys.
Sylvain Tesson 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 successful works are The Consolations of the Forest (2011), about a project to live alone in a Siberian cabin for six months and The Art of Patience (2019), about the quest for snow leopards in Tibet. For the latter book, he received the Prix Renaudot.
