by Peter Matthiessen · Siruela · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788419419279
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In the autumn of 1973, writer Peter Matthiessen and zoologist George Schaller embarked on an expedition to Crystal Mountain, on the Tibetan plateau, to study the habits of the bharal or Himalayan blue sheep. However, their main objective was to spot the elusive and beautiful snow leopard. For Matthiessen, this adventure in the land of Dolpo represented an immersion in the elemental beauty of nature and an exploration of the paths of Buddhism and Zen. This book is a chronicle of that extreme journey to the heart of Asia, an inquiry into the meaning of being, and a combination of mountaineering and mysticism.
Peter Matthiessen was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher, and onetime CIA agent. A co-founder of the literary magazine The Paris Review, he is the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction and fiction. He was also a prominent environmental activist.
