The Snow Leopard (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Peter Matthiessen
- First Published: 1978
- Type of Work: Nonfiction
- Genres: Nonfiction, Travel writing
- Subjects: Voyages, Nature, Courage, Animals, Wildlife, Himalayas, Mountaineering
Unlike his earlier books, Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard is intensely personal, revealing the writer himself—the individual who is so passionately interested in understanding the world around him, who is committed to imparting the knowledge that he does gain to interested readers. In his earlier work, Matthiessen the person was always remote—an observer who let his descriptions speak for themselves. In The Snow Leopard, however, what he describes is both his journey through Island Nepal and his quest to find inner peace.
In 1973, he accompanied wildlife...
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