Travel and Transcendence: Spiritual Awakening in Matthiessen’s The Snow Leopard
Prithvi Academic Journal May 18, 2026 Bishnu Prasad Pokharel, Ganga Ram Paudyal
This study explored spiritual awakening and sublime feeling in Peter Matthiessen’s novel The Snow Leopard. It chronicled a transformative journey through the Western Himalayas of Nepal, undertaken with a team of porters and biologist George Schaller (GS). Ostensibly a scientific expedition to observe the elusive snow leopard, the journey evolves into a spiritual quest, catalyzed by the...