Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
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Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, but it can never be sculpture. Captive to facts - or predetermined form - it cannot fly.

— Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
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