Peter Matthiessen Quote

Figures dark beneath their loads pass down the far bank of the river, rendered immortal by the streak of sunset upon their shoulders.


The Snow Leopard (1978)


Figures dark beneath their loads pass down the far bank of the river, rendered immortal by the streak of sunset upon their shoulders.

Figures dark beneath their loads pass down the far bank of the river, rendered immortal by the streak of sunset upon their shoulders.

Figures dark beneath their loads pass down the far bank of the river, rendered immortal by the streak of sunset upon their shoulders.

Figures dark beneath their loads pass down the far bank of the river, rendered immortal by the streak of sunset upon their shoulders.