Lost Horizon: The classic adventure that introduced Shangri-La

· Random House
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Shangri-La promises peace, beauty and long life. But first its visitors must give up the world they knew.


The gripping adventure that invented the mystery of Shangri-La.
During an evacuation from Baskul, a light aircraft is hijacked and flown deep into the high Tibetan Himalayas. Among the passengers is Conway, a talented British consul, accompanied by the anxious Mallinson, the adaptable Barnard and the missionary Miss Brinklow.
Their flight ends near a hidden lamasery in a remote valley: Shangri-La, a place of peace, beauty, learning and unsettling restraint. Are they guests or prisoners? Can they leave? And do they want to?
Lost Horizon is a classic adventure novel about utopia, exile, civilisation and the longing to step outside ordinary time. Framed as a mystery and set between British India, Tibet and China, James Hilton’s novel combines lost-world adventure with philosophical fantasy.
From the author of Goodbye Mr Chips, Lost Horizon is the classic adventure that introduced Shangri-La, a hidden paradise whose peace and beauty conceal a deeper mystery.

Shangri-La promises peace, beauty and long life. But first its visitors must give up the world they knew. The gripping adventure that invented the mystery of Shangri-La. During an evacuation from Baskul, a light aircraft is hijacked and flown deep into the high Tibetan Himalayas. Among the pas...

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9 reviews
Kaveri Barooah
August 26, 2015
One of my all time favourites. I first read it when I found a copy used by my mother as one of her college text books. I have re-read it several times since but always like it even more.
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cheaf N
March 14, 2016
So bad
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Sadeen Habbal
December 30, 2016
Amazing
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About the author

James Hilton was born in Lancashire in 1900, the son of a headmaster. His best known books, Lost Horizon and Goodbye Mr Chips, were written during the thirties, a period which afforded him great commercial success and enormous popularity. Lost Horizon was made into a blockbuster Hollywood film in 1937. For a time, Hilton was highest paid screen-writer in Hollywood and he won an Academy Award in 1942 for his work on the screenplay of Mrs. Miniver. Hilton continued to write novels throughout his career. He died in 1954.
James Hilton was born in Lancashire in 1900, the son of a headmaster. His best known books, Lost Horizon and Goodbye Mr Chips, were written during the thirties, a period which afforded him great commercial success and enormous popularity. Lost Horizon was made into a blockbuster Hollywood film in...

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