Seven Years In Tibet
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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In one of the most extraordinary true-life odysseys of the twentieth century, Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer chronicles his remarkable escape from a British internment camp in India during World War II and his gruelling journey across the formidable Himalayas into the forbidden city of Lhasa — a feat achieved by almost no Western traveller before him. Once inside Tibet's sacred capital, Harrer forges an astonishing and deeply personal friendship with the young Dalai Lama, offering an intimate and privileged portrait of a civilisation on the cusp of catastrophic change. Seven Years in Tibet stands as a landmark work of travel writing and memoir, bearing witness to a vanishing world with clarity, warmth, and remarkable cultural sensitivity. Harrer's prose is direct yet quietly lyrical, carrying the reader through sweeping mountain landscapes and into the heart of a deeply spiritual society that would soon be shattered by the Chinese invasion of 1950. A testament to human endurance and cross-cultural connection, it leaves one asking what else of the world's hidden wonders has been lost forever.
Author: Heinrich Harrer
Format: Paperback
Genre: Travel & exploration
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In one of the most extraordinary true-life odysseys of the twentieth century, Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer chronicles his remarkable escape from a British internment camp in India during World War II and his gruelling journey across the formidable Himalayas into the forbidden city of Lhasa — a feat achieved by almost no Western traveller before him. Once inside Tibet's sacred capital, Harrer forges an astonishing and deeply personal friendship with the young Dalai Lama, offering an intimate and privileged portrait of a civilisation on the cusp of catastrophic change. Seven Years in Tibet stands as a landmark work of travel writing and memoir, bearing witness to a vanishing world with clarity, warmth, and remarkable cultural sensitivity. Harrer's prose is direct yet quietly lyrical, carrying the reader through sweeping mountain landscapes and into the heart of a deeply spiritual society that would soon be shattered by the Chinese invasion of 1950. A testament to human endurance and cross-cultural connection, it leaves one asking what else of the world's hidden wonders has been lost forever.