Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon is a 1933 novel by English writer James Hilton. It is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamasery high in the mountains of Tibet.Hugh Conway, a veteran member of the British diplomatic service, finds inner peace, love, and a sense of purpose in Shangri-La, whose inhabitants enjoy unheard-of longevity. Among the book's themes is an allusion to the possibility of another cataclysmic world war brewing, as indeed it was at the time. It is said to have been inspired at least in part by accounts of travels in Tibetan borderlands, published in the National Geographic by the explorer and botanist Joseph Rock…
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- ISBN: 978-1-60444-351-6
- EAN: 9781604443516
- Produktnummer: 10853118
- Verlag: Indoeuropeanpublishing.com
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 164 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.9 cm 248 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 248
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