The snow leopard / Peter Matthiessen ; introduction by Pico Iyer.
Material type: TextSeries: Penguin classicsPublication details: New York : Penguin books, 2008.Description: xxviii, 336 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780143105510
- 0143105515
- 22 915.496
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | Tan Tao University Reference | Non-fiction | 915.496 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not For Loan | A-2012-0429 |
Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1978. With a new introduction.
The author discusses his experiences on a 250-mile journey through the Himalaya Mountains and his attempts to locate the Lama of Shey in an isolated monastery.
IN 1973, Peter Matthiessen and field biologist George Schaller traveled high into the remote mountains of Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and possibly glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard. Matthiessen, a student of Z en Buddhism, was also on a spiritual quest—to find the Lama of Shey at the ancient shrine on Crystal Mountain. As the climb proceeds, Matthiessen charts his inner path as well as his outer one, with a deepening Buddhist understanding of reality, suffering, impermanence, and beauty.
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