ART OF PATIENCE ; SEEKING THE SNOW LEOPARD IN TIBET

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Winner of the Prix Renaudot 2019

A New York Times Best Book of 2021

'Extraordinarily beautiful... a long last loving glance at the planet.' Carl Safina, author of Becoming Wild

The 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.


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  • Auteur(s)

    Sylvain Tesson

  • Éditeur

    Oneworld

  • Distributeur

    Olf

  • Date de parution

    06/05/2021

  • EAN

    9781786079992

  • Disponibilité

    Disponible

  • Longueur

    23.2 cm

  • Largeur

    15.3 cm

  • Épaisseur

    2 cm

  • Poids

    327 g

  • Support principal

    Grand format

Sylvain Tesson

Sylvain Tesson a un long passé d'aventurier derrière lui. Après un tour du monde à vélo à 23 ans, il a traversé l'Himalaya à pied. Il est membre de la Société des explorateurs français. Il a été lauréat du prix Goncourt de la nouvelle en 2009 et du prix Médicis essai pour Dans les forêts de Sibérie en 2011.

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