Art of Patience - Seeking the Snow Leopard in Tibet

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.

About the author

Sylvain Tesson is one France's leading travel and nature writers, whose books have won him hundreds and thousands of readers in France and a number of its top prizes, including the 2019 Prix Renaudot for The Art of Patience. His highly regarded Consolations of the Forest was published in English in 2014.

Product details

• Authors: Sylvain Tesson
• Assisted by: Frank Wynne (Translation), Wynne Frank (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
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; Adventure, NATURE / General, NATURE / Animals / General, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Inspiration & Personal Growth, Expeditions, SPORTS & RECREATION / Hiking, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, NATURE / Animals / Wildlife, NATURE / Animals / Mammals, NATURE / Animals / Big Cats, natural history, Travel writing, Wildlife: mammals, Wildlife: general interest, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Animal Ecology, The Earth: Natural History General, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Wildlife: mammals: general interest, TRAVEL / Asia / East / General