num_pages: 368
description: 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 Zen Buddhism, Was Also On A Spiritual Quest{u2014} 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.--publisher Information. Westward -- Northward -- At Crystal Mountain -- The Way Home. Peter Matthiessen ; Introduction By Pico Iyer. Originally Published: New York : Viking Press, 1978. Includes Bibliographical References (pages [319]-325) And Index.
language: en
title: The Snow Leopard (Penguin Classics)
publisher: Penguin Classics