Member Reviews

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  • Rated 5 stars

  “My all time favorite book!”

  lee n wrote this review Sunday, June 15 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “This book is brilliantly written. It was difficult to put it down and I always read it before bed, so I had to put it down if I wanted any sleep! The beautiful, descriptive (but not flowery) writing kept amazing visions of the mountains and the mountain experience in my mind as I slept. Its like I was on their expedition with them! I really enjoyed this book. Thanks to my good friend for loaning it to me. Now I want my own copy.”

  Colleen R wrote this review Friday, May 23 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “What an amazing book! Profound, soothing and vivid! A journey of seeking and self-discovery. I am just astounded by this book.”

  Liz L wrote this review Sunday, May 4 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Borrowed this from my friend Lynn Miller a long time ago, and read through it slowly. Transports you to Nepal or Tibet (I forget which) and the habitat of the elusive snow leopard. ”

  Jeannie S wrote this review Monday, April 7 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “I read this on my way to Nepal for a month of trekking, and I can still remember seeing the Himalayas come into sight outside the plane window as I read the last page. If you love adventure travel, this is a wonderful introduction to the roof of the world.”

  Judith F wrote this review Monday, February 4 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 0 stars

  “This book was my trekking companion too - when I went up around Dhaulagiri. And it has been my long year bible.”

  Snow Leopard wrote this review Friday, December 28 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “This was my trekking companion when I first went up to the Annapurna Base Camp...excellent book”

  Gigi d wrote this review Sunday, December 16 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “This book changed my life and the lives of many others to whom I've given it. Matthiessen is a true pioneer of consciousness and an excellent writer ”

  marsha wrote this review Sunday, October 28 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “Poignant and grand, it is beyond me why Matthiessen has not yet been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He is a grand American, the kind of human being whose achievements one wishes Americans would aspire to these days. And behind his concern for the world is the dharma.”

  obutsudan wrote this review Wednesday, July 11 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Peter Matthiessen is at his best when writing about the world and its creatures.”

  ManorsDave wrote this review Monday, June 18 2007. ( reply | permalink )