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Seven Years In Tibet
Seven Years In Tibet
Author: Heinrich Harrer, Richard Graves (Translator)
SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET is the autobiographical account of a young Austrian adventurer and the escape from an internment camp that changed his life forever. — In 1943, Heinrich Harrer, a noted mountain climber and skier, slipped out of captivity in India and made his way through the Himalayan passes to the Forbidden City of Lhasa in Tibet. From dest...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780006550921
ISBN-10: 0006550924
Publication Date: 12/1/1997
Pages: 293
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Publisher: Flamingo
Book Type: Unknown Binding
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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kermitreads avatar reviewed Seven Years In Tibet on + 53 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Starts out slow but great finish. Gives a wonderful picture of Tibet. A great read.
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Penned following WW II, this is a journal, if you will, by a German who flees incarceration in India by the British at the onset of the "big war." As such, it becomes not merely an account of his wanderings and experiences in Tibet, but somewhat of an adventure and a clear picture of life in this forbidden land. Although quite dated, it yet remains a compelling recount of the drama of the times.
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