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Art of Patience : Seeking the Snow Leopard in Tibet, Hardcover by Tesson, Sylvain; Wynne, Frank (TRN), ISBN 0593296281, ISBN-13 9780593296288, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
In this celebration of the power and grace of the wild, a restless adventurer embarks on a perilous journey to Tibet in search of one of the most elusive creatures on the planet – the snow leopard – during which he learned to embrace the virtues of patience and silence. Illustrations. Map(s).
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A journey in search of one of the most elusive creatures on the planet Adventurer Sylvain Tesson has led a restless life, riding across Central Asia on horseback, freeclimbing the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame, and traversing the Himalayas by foot. But while recovering from an accident that left him in a coma, and nursing his wounds from a lost love, he found himself domesticated, his lust for life draining with each moment spent staring at a screen. An expedition to the mountains of Tibet, in search of the famously elusive snow leopard, presented itself as a cure. For the chance to glimpse this near mythical beast, Tesson and his companions must wait for hours without making a sound or a movement, enduring the thin air and brutal cold. Their vigil becomes an act of faith--many have pursued the snow leopard for years without seeing it--and as they keep their watch, Tesson comes to embrace the virtues of patience and silence. His faith is rewarded when the snow leopard, the spirit of the mountain, reveals itself: an embodiment of what we have surrendered in our contemporary lives. And the simple act of waiting proves to be an antidote to the frenzy of our times. A celebration of the power and grace of the wild, and a requiem for the world's vanishing places, The Art of Patience is a revelatory account of the communion between nature and the human heart. Sylvain Tesson has written a new masterpiece on the relationship between man and beast in prose as sublime as the wilderness that inspired it.
Product Identifiers
Publisher - Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10 - 0593296281
ISBN-13 - 9780593296288
Product ID (ePID) - 26050080835
Product Key Features
Book Title - Art of Patience : Seeking the Snow Leopard in Tibet
Original Language - French
Format - Hardcover
Language - English
Topic - Asia / General, Adventurers & Explorers, Animals / General
Publication Year - 2021
Genre - Biography & Autobiography, Nature, Travel, History
Number of Pages - 224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length - 8.6in.
Item Height - 0.9in.
Item Width - 5.7in.
Item Weight - 13.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number - Ds786.T45413 2021
Reviews "The Art of Patience is extraordinarily beautiful, a narrative of prose that flows with poetry, a long, last loving glance at the planet, a visit to the vital bedside of a living world determined to stay alive." --Carl Safina, author of Becoming Wild: How Animals Learn to be Animals "Beautifully written, beautifully translated, intensely moving and totally absorbing." --Stanley Johnson, author of Where the Wild Things Were "A wonderful evocation of waiting and watching for nature." --Tim Birkhead, author of The Wisdom of Birds and Bird Sense
Target Audience - Trade
Lccn - 2020-052516
Dewey Decimal - 915.1504612
Dewey Edition - 23
Illustrated - Yes
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