The Cloud Forest - Softcover

Matthiessen, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846553768 ISBN 13: 9781846553769

Publisher: Harvill Secker, 2009

Synopsis

Peter Mattiessen has long been known for his travels to some of the remotest lands on earth, most notably recorded in The Snow Leopard. The Cloud Forest brings to vivid life a South American journey that took him from the Sargasso Sea to the jungles of Amazonia, from the Inca city of Machu Picchu high in the Andes to the bleak rocks of Tierra del Fuego and the winds and vast skies of Patagonia.

The result is an incisive and marvellously well-observed journal by a born writer and naturalist, a voyage of exploration among the people, places and fading wildlife of this most exotic and mysterious of continents.

About this title

About the Author

Peter Matthiessen was a naturalist, explorer and writer. His works of fiction include At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Far Tortuga and the acclaimed 'Watson Trilogy'. His explorations resulted in many fine works of non-fiction, among them The Snow Leopard, The Cloud Forest and The Tree where Man was Born. He died in 2014, aged 86.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harvill Secker
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846553768
• ISBN 13: 9781846553769
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320