Seven Years in Tibet - Couverture souple

Harrer, Heinrich

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0874778883 ISBN 13 : 9780874778885

Editeur : Tarcher/Putnam,US, 2000

Synopsis

Book by Heinrich Harrer

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Originally published in 1953, this adventure classic recounts Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer's 1943 escape from a British internment camp in India, his daring trek across the Himalayas, and his happy sojourn in Tibet, then, as now, a remote land little visited by foreigners. Warmly welcomed, he eventually became tutor to the Dalai Lama, teenaged god-king of the theocratic nation. The author's vivid descriptions of Tibetan rites and customs capture its unique traditions before the Chinese invasion in 1950, which prompted Harrer's departure. A 1996 epilogue details the genocidal havoc wrought over the past half-century.

Revue de presse :

“One of the grandest and most incredible adventure stories I have ever read.”
—The New York Times Book Review

“First there is the incredibly adventurous twenty-onemonth trek across rugged mountain and desolate plain to the mysterious heartland of Tibet; then the fascinating picture, rich in amazing detail, of life in Lhasa. . . . Final chapters draw an intimate portrait of the youthful Dalai Lama.”
—The Atlantic Monthly
 

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Tarcher/Putnam,US
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0874778883
• ISBN 13: 9780874778885
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 329