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The Snow Leopard |
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| Book: Paperback | 8.26 x 5.23in | 368 pages | ISBN 9780143105510 | 30 Sep 2008 | Penguin Classic | 18 - AND UP |
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An unforgettable spiritual journey through the Himalayas— now celebrating its thirtieth anniversary
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.
“ Stunning . . . Fiercely felt and magnificently written.”
—The Washington Post Book World
“ A magical book, a kind of lunar paradigm and map of the sacred.”
—Jim Harrison, The Nation
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