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The Snow Leopard Peter Matthiessen

The Snow Leopard von Peter Matthiessen

The Snow Leopard Peter Matthiessen


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Zusammenfassung

One September, the author set out with a field biologist to journey 250 miles through the Himalayas to the Crystal Mountain on the Tibetan plateau. They wanted to study the wild blue sheep, the bharal, but also hoped to see the snow leopard, a creature so rarely spotted as to be nearly mythical. This book gives an account of an inner journey.

The Snow Leopard Zusammenfassung

The Snow Leopard Peter Matthiessen

Enjoy this special edition hardback of one of the greatest pieces of travel and nature writing ever written. Go with Peter Matthiessen all the way to Dolpo, a Tibetan plateau in the high Himalayas.

This is the account of a journey to the dazzling Tibetan plateau of Dolpo in the high Himalayas. In 1973 Matthiessen made the 250-mile trek to Dolpo, as part of an expedition to study wild blue sheep. It was an arduous, sometimes dangerous, physical endeavour: exertion, blisters, blizzards, endless negotiations with sherpas, quaking cold. But it was also a 'journey of the heart' - amongst the beauty and indifference of the mountains Matthiessen was searching for solace. He was also searching for a glimpse of a snow leopard, a creature so rarely spotted as to be almost mythical.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD MABEY

'A beautiful book, and worthy of the mountains he is among' Paul Theroux


'A delight' i Paper

The Snow Leopard Bewertungen

A beautiful book, and worthy of the mountains he is among -- Paul Theroux
What began as a practical search for the rare snow leopard, revered Buddhist emblem, developed into a quest for the meaning of Being. An enjoyable combination of mountaineering and mysticism * Observer *
It's a tale of an inner struggle for calm, and would be an inspiring and sustaining desert island companion -- Emily Barr
As much the chronicle of an inner journey as it is the learned recording of an unfamiliar territory...a timeless account * Independent *
An evocative account of a remote and timeless place and its people * Sunday Times *

Über Peter Matthiessen

Peter Matthiessen was a naturalist, explorer and writer. His works of fiction include At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Far Tortuga and the acclaimed 'Watson Trilogy'. His explorations resulted in many fine works of non-fiction, among them The Snow Leopard, The Cloud Forest and The Tree where Man was Born. He died in 2014, aged 86.

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR001169585
9780099771111
009977111X
The Snow Leopard Peter Matthiessen
Gebraucht - Sehr Gut
Broschiert
Vintage Publishing
19980122
336
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