About the Author

Sylvain Tesson has traveled the world by bicycle, train, horse, and motorcycle, and on foot. His bestselling accounts of his travels have won numerous prizes, including the Dolman Best Travel Book Award. Berezina is his first book to appear in English.

Katherine Gregor translates from Italian, Russian and French. She is also a playwright and a fiction writer and maintains a regular blog at scribedoll.wordpress.com.

Reviews

Praise for Berezina "The narration is wry and marked by a cheerful fatalism. Mr. Tesson is a witty and knowledgeable road companion."--The Wall Street Journal "Both the writer and the reader feel like they've really been through something when the journey is done."--Kirkus Reviews "Compelling."--Booklist "Berezina succeeds brilliantly as a sly commentary on--and a challenge to conventional thinking about--today's contention between Russia and the EU, and the rutted habits of the popular Western mind."--Ron Slate, On the Seawall "Hilarious, introspective, contemplative, professorial, disturbingly graphic, and always engrossing."--Ultimate Motorcycling "From beginning to end, the story of Berezina is enthralling, funny, and terrifying. At the same time, it is magnificently written." --RTL "For me, Berezina is Sylvain [Tesson]'s most important book." --Jean-Christophe Rufin, Le Figaro "Tesson's latest book is probably his best [ . . . ] his style, which has reached maturity, is up to capturing the horror of the period, full of blood and drama, but also of humor, alcohol (vodka only) . . . You feel that Tesson is in his element." --Libération