The Snow Leopard
The Snow Leopard
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Annotation: An account of the author's two-hundred-fifty-mile journey, on foot, from Kathmandu, Nepal, to the Crystal Mountain, in Tibet, in search of the Himalayan blue sheep, the rare snow leopard, and distances of the spirit.
Genre: [Geography]
 
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Catalog Number: #5618968
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin
Copyright Date: 2008
Edition Date: 2008 Release Date: 09/30/08
Pages: xxviii, 336 pages
ISBN: 0-14-310551-5
ISBN 13: 978-0-14-310551-0
Dewey: 915.496
LCCN: 2008027857
Dimensions: 20 cm.
Language: English
Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-325) and index.
Reading Level: 9.0
Interest Level: 9+
Reading Counts!: reading level:12.0 / points:18.0 / quiz:Q10583
Lexile: 1330L
Guided Reading Level: P

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

“A masterpiece that exceeds the boundaries of the travel genre and envelops you with its incredible prose.” —Wall Street Journal

An unforgettable spiritual journey through the Himalayas by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014)


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 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. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by acclaimed travel writer and novelist Pico Iyer.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.


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