<p>‘Beautifully written, beautifully translated, intensely moving and totally absorbing.’</p>

- Stanley Johnson, author of <i>Where the Wild Things Were</i>,

<p>‘<em>The Art of Patience</em> 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.’</p>

- Carl Safina, author of <i>Becoming Wild: How Animals Learn to be Animals</i>,

<p>‘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.’</p>

- <i>Big Issue</i>,

<p>‘[One of] the best books of the year.’ </p>

<i>Financial Times</i> on <i>Consolations of the Forest</i>

<p>‘I thought I’d rip through this book. But it’s 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.’</p>

<i>Spectator</i> on <i>Consolations of the Forest</i>

<p>‘He comes across as the brainiest, daftest, sternest, funniest, most companionable hermit you'll ever meet.’</p>

<i>Guardian</i> on <i>Consolations of the Forest</i>