East of Lo Monthang In the Land of Mustang
Peter Matthiessen & Thomas Laird traveled deep in the secret valley of Sao Kohla, tucked high in the northernmost reaches of the Himalayas in Nepal. From the central city of Lo Monthang, known as "Mustang," the two travelers, along with their entourage of government chaperones, attendants, & horsemen, began a horseback adventure to reach precariously perched monasteries long since abandoned. Expansive narrative & spectacular photos reveal a place where mountains 5 miles high cast their shadows over the deepest canyon in the world & where 150 million year old fossils rise to the light of day at 13,000 ft.
FictionTravelAsiaIndia & South Asia
RELEASED1998
PUBLISHERDIANE Publishing Company
LENGTH192
LANGUAGEEN
Peter Matthiessen was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer and CIA agent. A co-founder of the literary magazine The Paris Review, he was a 2008 National Book Award winner. He was also a prominent environmental activist. His nonfiction featured nature and travel, notably The Snow Leopard (1978) and American Indian issues and history, such as a detailed and controversial study of the Leonard Peltier case, In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (1983). His fiction was adapted for film: the early story "Travelin' Man" was made into The Young One (1960) by Luis Buñuel and the novel At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1965) into the 1991 film of the same name.
East of Lo Monthang In the Land of Mustang
Peter Matthiessen & Thomas Laird traveled deep in the secret valley of Sao Kohla, tucked high in the northernmost reaches of the Himalayas in Nepal. From the central city of Lo Monthang, known as "Mustang," the two travelers, along with their entourage of government chaperones, attendants, & horsemen, began a horseback adventure to reach precariously perched monasteries long since abandoned. Expansive narrative & spectacular photos reveal a place where mountains 5 miles high cast their shadows over the deepest canyon in the world & where 150 million year old fossils rise to the light of day at 13,000 ft.
FictionTravelAsiaIndia & South Asia
RELEASED1998
PUBLISHERDIANE Publishing Company
LENGTH192
LANGUAGEEN
Peter Matthiessen was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer and CIA agent. A co-founder of the literary magazine The Paris Review, he was a 2008 National Book Award winner. He was also a prominent environmental activist. His nonfiction featured nature and travel, notably The Snow Leopard (1978) and American Indian issues and history, such as a detailed and controversial study of the Leonard Peltier case, In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (1983). His fiction was adapted for film: the early story "Travelin' Man" was made into The Young One (1960) by Luis Buñuel and the novel At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1965) into the 1991 film of the same name.
