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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Sylvain Tesson
• Collaboration: Frank Wynne (Traduction), Wynne Frank (Traduction)
• Edition: Oneworld
• Contenu: Livre
• Forme du produit: Livre Relié
• Date de parution: 31.05.2021
• Catégorie: Livres de conseils > Nature
• EAN: 9781786079992
• ISBN: 978-1-78607-999-2
• Dimensions (emballage): 15,3 x 23,2 x 2 cm
• Catégories: Adventure, Leopard, NATURE / General, NATURE / Animals / General, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Walden, Thoreau, Rebecca Solnit, 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 world, natural history, Travel writing, Robert Macfarlane, Our Planet, 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, Snow Leopard, nature books, wildlife books, seven worlds one planet, wild cats, perfect planet, life in colour, A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush, Consolations of the forest, best new travel writing, Solace of Open Spaces