Seven Years in Tibet, Heinrich Harrer
Seven Years in Tibet, Heinrich Harrer
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Seven Years in Tibet

Author: Heinrich Harrer

Narrator: Tim Pigott-Smith

Abridged: 2 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/05/2000

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 Andrei on February 10, 2016

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 Lynne on March 16, 2013

This is a book that I bought way back in 1990. It was an excellent travel book and I purchased it because of my enjoyment of reading about life in Tibet (it always struck me as such an exotic place) and I was also very influenced by Buddhism at the time. It was so sad about the situation with China......more

Goodreads review by Joselito Honestly on November 10, 2010

I bought my copy of this book from a thrift shop last 27 January 2010. Handwritten on its first inside page is the former owner's name followed by: "23 Jan 1999 "Los Angeles "California "7:00 pm." I suspect he (or she?) was a Tibetan. It's typical of these religious and superstitious people to ascribe m......more

Goodreads review by Jovi on October 18, 2021

Sunt printre cei care au văzut întâi filmul (chiar de mai multe ori) și apoi am citit cartea. Și, ca de obicei, și de data aceasta, dau întâietate cărții (în ciuda lui Brad Pitt): Șapte ani în Tibet, volumul semnat de Heinrich Harrer, este una dintre cele mai interesante cărți de călătorie citite vr......more

Goodreads review by AndrewP on July 29, 2015

First off let me say that the writing of this book is nothing spectacular, it's adequate for this type of book and gets all the facts across without lots of embellishment. However, the content is an amazing travelogue of Heinrich Harrier's journey through Tibet and his eventual friendship with his......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
 

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