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The Snow Leopard

Peter Matthiessen

  • 338 pages · about 6 hours
  • First published 1978
  • 21 editions
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1 About this book

This lovely book (1978) describes a two month search for the snow leopard with naturalist George Schaller in the Dolpo region of Nepal. The book combines the search for the snow leopard with a search for inner meaning (Zen Buddism).

Good for readers who want: nature, a true life story, and Buddhism.

  • Natural history
  • Biography
  • Authors, biography
  • Buddhism
  • Asia, history
  • Description and travel
  • Biologists
  • Journeys

2 About Peter Matthiessen

1927–2014

Peter Matthiessen (May 22, 1927 – April 5, 2014) was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher, and onetime CIA agent. A co-founder of the literary magazine The Paris Review, he is the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979, category Contemporary Thought) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). He was also a prominent environmental activist.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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