'A beautiful book, and worthy of the mountains he is among' Paul Theroux
'A delight' i Paper
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
| ISBN: | 9781784876845 |
| Publication date: | 5th November 2020 |
| Author: | Peter Matthiessen |
| Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Genres: |
Memoirs Conservation of wildlife and habitats Wildlife: mammals: general interest Travel writing |
'A beautiful book, and worthy of the mountains he is among' Paul Theroux
'A delight' i Paper
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
The Snow Leopard features in the following genres: Memoirs, Conservation of wildlife and habitats, Wildlife: mammals: general interest, Travel writing
The Snow Leopard is available in Hardback, Paperback
The Snow Leopard was written by Peter Matthiessen and published by Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House
The Snow Leopard has 336 pages