Seven Years in Tibet

Name: Seven Years in Tibet
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Heinrich Harrer
ISBN: 9780553751000

Author: Heinrich Harrer

Narrator: Tim Pigott-Smith

Abridged: 2 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Random House Audio

Published: 07/05/2000

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Historical Biography, History, Asian & Pacific Islander History, Religion, Buddhism, Tibetan

Synopsis

Dramatized in a motion picture starring Brad Pitt, 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 destitute vagabond, he rose to the position of tutor and confidant to the fourteen-year-old Dalai Lama. Until their parting in 1950, when the Chinese Communists overran the country, his close relationship with the revered holy man profoundly altered his way of living, even his way of thinking.

About The Author

Heinrich Harrer was born in 1912, in Carinthia. Following his adventures in Tibet, he participated in many mountaineering expeditions and wrote numerous books. Harrer passed away in 2006. Tim Pigott-Smith has worked extensively in British television, including his role as Ronald Merrick in The Jewel in the Crown. He has also performed in many classic productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. His film credits include Joseph Andrews and Merchant Ivory's The Remains of the Day.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeffrey

”Now the Living Buddha was approaching. He passed quite close to our window. The women stiffened in a deep obeisance and hardly dared to breathe. The crowd was frozen. Deeply moved we hid ourselves behind the women as if to protect ourselves from being drawn into the magic circle of his power. We kep......more

Goodreads review by Andrei

Trebuie să-i contrazic pe cei ce spun că singura modalitate de a călători în toată lumea e aceea de a te folosi de un mijloc modern de transport ori pur şi simplu aceea de a merge pe jos. Nu! O carte -obiectul acela palpabil- te poate duce dincolo de hotarele imaginaţiei. Poţi călători în timp, citi......more

Goodreads review by Murray

more extensive than the film 🏔️ As you might expect, this memoir is far more extensive than the movie starring Brad Pitt and contains copious detail about Harrer’s years in Tibet. Indeed, there is so much detail I found it tedious after a while. There is no mention of his first marriage or divorce or......more

Quotes

“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