Peter Matthiessen’s final novel, published shortly before his death and after a long and distinguished literary career, is bittersweet.⁠[1] For one thing, Matthiessen is gone and there will no more novels, travel books, or spiritual explorations that braid lyrical and evocative descriptions of landscape with memoir. He’s the only writer to win the National Book […]

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