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Art of Patience - Seeking the Snow Leopard in Tibet

English · Hardback

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Winner of the Prix Renaudot 2019A New York Times Best Book of 2021'Extraordinarily beautiful... a long last loving glance at the planet.' Carl Safina, author of Becoming WildThe Art of Patience sees the renowned French adventurer and writer set off for the high plateaux of remotest Tibet in search of the elusive snow leopard. There, in the company of leading wildlife photographer Vincent Munier and two companions, at 5,000 metres and in temperatures of -25?C, the team set up their hides on exposed mountainsides, and occasionally in the luxury of an icy cave, to await a visitation from the almost mythical beast.This tightly focused and tautly written narrative is simultaneously a dazzling account of an exacting journey, an apprenticeship in the art of patience, an acceptance of the ruthlessness of the natural world and, finally, a plea for ecological sanity.A small masterpiece, it is one of those books that demands to be read again and again.

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Authors Sylvain Tesson
Assisted by Frank Wynne (Translation)
Publisher Oneworld
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 31.05.2021
 
EAN 9781786079992
ISBN 978-1-78607-999-2
Dimensions 153 mm x 232 mm x 20 mm
Subject Guides > Nature

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