ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OF BOOKS AND SOME MASTERPIECES, ABOUT ONE OR THE OTHER ASPECT OF THE HIMALAYA, NOT ONE OF THEM HAS COME CLOSE TO CAPTURING THE INCREDIBLE COMPLEXITY AND MAJESTY OF THESE MOUNTAINS. UNTIL NOW. IN WILD HIMALAYA, STEPHEN ALTER, WHO CONSIDERS HIMSELF AN ENDEMIC SPECIES (HAVING SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE IN THESE MOUNTAINS), GIVES US THE DEFINITIVE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE GREATEST MOUNTAIN RANGE ON EARTH
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Mehta Publishing House
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2022
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE DSC SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE AWARD IN 2017. HE WAS WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE AT MIT FOR TEN YEARS, BEFORE WHICH HE DIRECTED THE WRITING PROGRAMME AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO. HE IS FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF THE MUSSOORIE MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL.