by Sylvain Tesson · Pocket · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266178747
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«Éloge de l'énergie vagabonde» is the travelogue by Sylvain Tesson, published by Pocket in paperback (256 pages, in French).
The author travels on foot and by bicycle between the Aral Sea and the Caspian Sea, crossing Azerbaijan and Georgia to Turkey. During the journey he reflects on the energy of oil and the vital energy of human beings, combining travel writing with autobiography, philosophical essay and geopolitics.
Work originally published in 2007; this Pocket edition dates from 2009 and received the 2007 Nomad's prize for travel writing.
Recommended for readers of travel literature and adventure stories with a philosophical and geopolitical background.
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.
