![]() ![]() It is late September in 1973, and Matthiessen is 46-year-old. The work begins with Matthiessen’s initial journeys through Nepal. The Snow Leopard is told in the first person through Matthiessen’s travel journals, along with supporting documents such as maps. It was praised for its seamless integration of memoir, travelogue, natural history, and religious writing. Its themes include spiritual growth, moral development, reckoning with mortality, and beauty. The Snow Leopard won the National Book Award in 1979, and Matthiessen remains the rare author to have won a National Book Award in fiction and nonfiction. The Snow Leopard (1978) by American author, editor, and naturalist Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014) follows the author’s physical and spiritual journey to a holy shrine in the Himalayan mountains in Nepal, as well as his fascination with finding a rarely seen snow leopard. ![]()
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