Louisa R. reviewed on 5/24/2014 + 10 more book reviews

The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen is a spiritual and physical journey about a nature author tagging along with a famous wildlife researcher, George Schaller, far past the forgotten outposts of the Himalayan mountains. Matthiessen's descriptive language made his journey so vivid and real. This book makes me want to do yoga again and give meditation a try. I skimmed over nearly all of the religious references because I had little interest in them. I think his overall theme was that life can get ridiculously complicated, but if you pare it down to its bare essentials, you find beauty, pure beauty in yourself and in the people and world around you. Live simply to find your greatest happiness.

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