Sylvain Tesson

About The Author

Sylvain Tesson is one France’s 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.

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Books by Sylvain Tesson

The Art of Patience

Seeking the Snow Leopard in Tibet

By Sylvain Tesson

Translated by Frank Wynne

Winner of the Prix Renaudot 2019

A New York Times Best Book of 2021

‘Extraordinarily beautiful… a long last loving glance at the planet.’ Carl Safina, author of Becoming Wild

The snow leopard stalks the frozen expanse of the Tibetan plate...

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