The Art of Patience
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The Art of Patience

Seeking the Snow Leopard in Tibet

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Art of Patience

Seeking the Snow Leopard in Tibet

About this book

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 snow leopard stalks the frozen expanse of the Tibetan plateau – 4,500 metres above sea level. Fierce, silent, near invisible, she is a perfectly adapted predator.

Escaping Paris’s urban sprawl, the renowned French adventurer Sylvain Tesson journeys into the frozen wilderness in search of these most elusive creatures.

Tightly focused and tautly written, Tesson offers a dazzling account of a singular journey, a meditation on the ruthlessness of the natural world, a plea for ecological sanity and a reflection on the lost art of patience.

***

‘One of the best books of the year.’ Financial Times

‘A transcendent travel writer.’ Countryfile, Best Books of 2021

‘A poetic eulogy to the planet.’ Big Issue

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Information

Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Year
2021
Topic
Biological Sciences
eBook ISBN
9780861540006
Subtopic
Zoology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Maps
  3. Preface
  4. Part I • The Approach
  5. The Goal
  6. The Centre
  7. The Circle
  8. The Yak
  9. The Wolf
  10. Beauty
  11. Mediocrity
  12. Life
  13. Presence
  14. Simplicity
  15. Order
  16. Part II • The Parvis
  17. The Evolution of Spaces
  18. The One and the Multiple
  19. Instinct and Reason
  20. The Earth and the Flesh
  21. Part III • The Apparition
  22. Nothing but Animals
  23. Love on the Ice Slopes
  24. Love in the Forest
  25. A Cat in a Gorge
  26. Of Arts and Beasts
  27. The First Apparition
  28. Lying in Wait in Space-Time
  29. Words for a World
  30. The Pact of Surrender
  31. Children of the Valley
  32. The Second Apparition
  33. The Measure of Animals
  34. The Sacrifice of the Yak
  35. Fear of the Dark
  36. The Third Apparition
  37. Accepting the World
  38. The Last Apparition
  39. The Eternal Return of the Eternal Return
  40. The Forked Source
  41. In the Primordial Soup
  42. Homeward, Perhaps…
  43. The Consolation of the Wild
  44. The Hidden Face
  45. Glossary
  46. Acknowledgements

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