Description
| Product ID: | 9781786079992 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Art of Patience |
| Subtitle: | Seeking the Snow Leopard in Tibet |
| Authors: | Author: Sylvain Tesson, Frank Wynne |
| Page Count: | 176 |
| Subjects: | Adventure / action fiction, Adventure, Zoology and animal sciences, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Wildlife: general interest, Wildlife: mammals: general interest, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Travel writing, Expeditions: popular accounts, Animal ecology, Natural history, Wildlife: general interest, Wildlife: mammals, The Earth: natural history general, Travel writing, Expeditions |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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 -25ºC, 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Oneworld Publications |
| Publisher Name: | Oneworld Publications |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-05-06 |
