{"product_id":"9798992821116","title":"The Leopard and the Moon: A Journey in Dolpo, Nepal","description":"\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“A glittering memoir of his walk in the Himalayas—within which is a story of family tragedy, perseverance and love, told with vast insight and grace.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMeg Rosoff\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, winner of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHow I Live Now\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJonathan Unleashed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Great Godden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn September 2016, at the age of 65, Nigel Roberts embarked on a two month trek through Dolpo, one of the most remote regions in Nepal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing the route taken by Peter Matthiessen (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Snow Leopard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and George Schaller (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStones of Silence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) over forty years before him, Nigel was driven by a wish to make sense of illness and tragedy in his family, and to better understand his part in those traumatic events.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA quest for clarity and candor, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Leopard and the Moon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e weaves together three different journeys: a demanding physical hike, an emotional reckoning, and Nepal's own trajectory across four tumultuous decades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“I am honored to have read your manuscript. It is excellent . . . Your evocative writing retrieved many memories of the brilliant and cold landscape.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGeorge Schaller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, field biologist, conservationist and author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Year of the Gorilla\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Serengeti Lion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStones of Silence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52247855038695,"sku":"South Asia","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/3680\/9959\/files\/71iOg3m1TcL._SL1500.jpg?v=1782241085","url":"https:\/\/jfbooks.org\/products\/9798992821116","provider":"JF Books | 季風書園","version":"1.0","type":"link"}