Return To Tibet
Tibet After the Chinese Occupation
$48.76
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2000
Summary
Heinrich Harrer returns to Tibet - thirty years after the visit described in his bestselling SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET.
SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET told of an idyllic life on the ‘rooftop of the world’, before Harrer was forced to flee from the invading Chinese armies.Thirty years later, he returns to describe how the Chinese have attempted to destroy this ancient civilisation. Meeting old Tibetan acquaintances, including the Dalai Lama now living in exile in northern India, Ha…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753808047 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753808048 |
| Author: | Heinrich Harrer |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2000 |
| Weight: | 186g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 170mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
His vivid comparative reporting, the clear accounts of a number of important interviews and contemporary themes and his deeply felt sense of human tragedy give this book an importance for the general reader far greater than other tourist travelogues of the last few years - Times Literary Supplement
About The Author
Heinrich Harrer
Heinrich Harrer was an Austrian mountaineer and author. He is best known for being on the four-man climbing team that made the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland, and for his books, including SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET and THE WHITE SPIDER.
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