In the Siberian forests

Translation: Lina Badr Number of pages: 314 This is the story of Sylvain Tison, as he recorded it day by day, in his test of ascetic life over six months. A life that no son of Adam can bear in the long winter of southern Siberia, except for outlaws, fleeing from justice to the justice of harsh nature that shows no mercy. Escaping from the noisy city life, from people and routine commitments, Sylvain Tison's life was a test of human self, and a longing to live peacefully, freely, independently, accompanied by his books and papers. Inside the cabin he bought, he lives by candlelight, writing his feelings and impressions, and with a shot of vodka to silence the chills that settle in his ribs. Outside, he cuts wood for the stove and slides on the ice. Isolated from all living beings, this is what he wished, except for this pristine nature, with its standing forests, proud heads against the stormy winds, facing the snow, and Lake Baikal frozen, the stillness of stone, and an awe-inspiring silence only disturbed by the tragedy of howling winds and the crashing snow. "I understood early on that I wouldn't be able to do much to change the world. So I decided to live alone for a while in a cabin in the Siberian forests. I tried to be happy, and I believe I succeeded in that."