The Art of Patience

‘In The Art of Patience: Seeking the Snow Leopard in Tibet, the French writer Sylvain Tesson chronicles his rapturous journey through Tibet’s Chantang plateau with the wildlife photographer Vincent Munier. Tesson’s words, in a ravishing translation by Frank Wynne, paint pictures as vivid as any photograph.’ -- Liesl Schillinger, New York Times, 'Best Books of 2021', Travel

‘Tesson is a transcendent travel writer… [The Art of Patience] inspires action, thought, silence – and perhaps also prayer.’

-- BBC Countryfile Magazine, Best Books of 2021

‘A wonderful evocation of waiting and watching for nature.’

-- Tim Birkhead, author of Bird Sense

‘Beautifully written, beautifully translated, intensely moving and totally absorbing.’

-- Stanley Johnson, author of Where the Wild Things Were

‘The Art of Patience 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.’

-- Carl Safina, author of Becoming Wild: How Animals Learn to be Animals

‘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.’

-- Big Issue

'Rated as one of the best books this year, this is beautifully translated by Frank Wynne. Readers will be captivated by French adventurer Tesson's love letter to the natural world... Dazzling.'

-- The Sunday Post