num_pages: 78
description: The author reads from his nonfiction work The snow leopard, which deals with his expedition into the inner Dolpo region of the Tibetan Himalayas. Matthiessen also reads his short story On the river Styx. This story, set in a remote town on Florida's west coast, is about racial confrontation triggered by the theft of a cheap cassette player.
language: English
title: Peter Matthiessen Reading The Snow Leopard (Excerpts) And "On The River Styx"
titlecomplete: Peter Matthiessen Reading The Snow Leopard (Excerpts) And "On The River Styx" (Short Story)
ratings_count: 2
publisher: American Audio Prose Library