The snow leopard
By: Peter Matthiessen ; introduction by Pico Iyer.
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780143105510
Subjects: Natural history -- Himalaya Mountains; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography; Biologists -- United States -- Biography; Himalaya Mountains -- Description and travel
Genres: Biography.
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.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1978. With a new introduction.

Includes bibliographical references and index.