The Snow Leopard: Peter Matthiessen

Reviews

Yuvan Aves

But for Matthiessen, who recently lost his wife to cancer, it is an embarking in search of meaning. Schaller had, making him the second western scientist to ever see it in 25 years. Starting from Pokhara they walked through Dhorpatan to cross Jang La and past the beautiful Phoksundo Lake (also known as Emerald Lake) over Kang La to Shey monastery. " The prose is raw and adornedly authentic.

Amazon Customer

Without saying it, Matthiessen, as he goes through inner-reconciling, illustrates the immense power of a natural landscape - to heal, to illuminate. Reading the book one gets the feeling that much as he was trying to discover himself and the inner truth of life through this journey, in the end it becomes a spiritual journey where nature and religion conjugate freely.

Sudipto Roy

Matthiessen has no illusions about being a mountaineer, which Schaller, six years his junior, is. Matthiessen’s thorough knowledge about the natural world including astronomy and natural history comes out in every page without boring you, even if you know nothing about the subject.