Peter Matthiessen was born in New York City in 1927 and had already begun his writing career by the time he graduated from Yale University in 1950. The following year, he was a founder ofThe Paris Review. His works of fiction include Shadow Country, which won the National Book Award,At Play in the Fields of the Lord, The Watson Trilogy (Killing Mister Watson,Lost Man's River, andBone by Bone), andFar Tortuga. Matthiessen's parallel career as a naturalist and explorer has resulted in numerous widely acclaimed books of nonfiction, among themThe Tree Where Man Was Born, which was nominated for the National Book Award, andThe Snow Leopard, which won it. He died in 2014.
“Inventive and extremely well-written. . . . Incredibly moving. . .
. A remarkable performance.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“Matthiessen has produced, in expertly crafted and sometimes deeply
affecting prose, an entertainment full of glittering color,
nose-to-nose conflict and heroic gestures.” —The Washington Post
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“A work approaching the highest art, of the most serious purpose.”
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“A haunting novel. . . . A sardonic wit and a huge fund of
compassion illuminate its pages.” —Newsday
“A brutal yet compassionate narrative . . . that will remain long
in the reader’s mind.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune
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