James Hilton: Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon
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- IndoEuropeanPublishing.com, 01/2011
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert, Paperback
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781604443516
- Bestellnummer: 9220644
- Umfang: 164 Seiten
- Gewicht: 260 g
- Maße: 229 x 152 mm
- Stärke: 14 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 11.1.2011
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
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Klappentext
Lost Horizon is a 1933 novel by English writer James Hilton. It is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamasery high in the mountains of Tibet.Hugh Conway, a veteran member of the British diplomatic service, finds inner peace, love, and a sense of purpose in Shangri-La, whose inhabitants enjoy unheard-of longevity. Among the book's themes is an allusion to the possibility of another cataclysmic world war brewing, as indeed it was at the time. It is said to have been inspired at least in part by accounts of travels in Tibetan borderlands, published in the National Geographic by the explorer and botanist Joseph Rock. The remote communities he visited, such as Muli, show many similarities to the fictional Shangri-La. One such town, Zhongdian, has now officially renamed itself as Shangri La (Chinese: Xianggelila) because of its claim to be the inspiration for the novel.
The book explicitly notes that having made war on the ground man would now fill the skies with death, and that all precious things were in danger of being lost, like the lost histories of Rome ("Lost books of Livy"). It was hoped that overlooked by the violent, Shangri-la would preserve them and reveal them later to a receptive world exhausted by war. That was the real purpose of the Lamasary; study, inner peace and long life were a side benefit to living there.
Conway is a veteran of the trench warfare of WWI, with the emotional state frequently cited after that war--a sense of emotional exhaustion or accelerated emotional aging. This harmonizes with the existing residents of the lamasary and he is strongly attracted to life at Shangri-La.
Biografie
James Hilton (eigentlich: Glen Trevor), geboren am 9. September 1900 in Leigh (Lancashire), studierte an der Cambridge University. Er begann seine Karriere als Journalist bereits mit 17 Jahren und schrieb unter anderem für den 'Manchester Guardian' und die 'Daily News'. Seit 1931 verfasste er Unterhaltungsromane und Drehbücher, die mehrfach verfilmt und in viele Sprachen übersetzt wurden, so 'Lost Horizon' (1933, deutsch 1951 unter dem Titel 'Irgendwo in Tibet'), 'Goodbye, Mr. Chips!' (1934, deutsch 1951) und 'We Are Not Alone' (1935, deutsch 1953). Hilton lebte zunächst in London, ab 1937 in Hollywood. Er starb 1954 in Long Beach. James Hilton
Lost Horizon
EUR 22,35**
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