LOST HORIZON - Hilton, James

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Résumé :
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1933, LOST HORIZON GAINED UNRIVALED POPULARITY FROM COAST TO COAST, PARTICULARLY AFTER FRANK CAPRA`XS SPELLBINDING 1937 FILM INTRODUCED AUDIENCES NATIONWIDE TO ITS STUNNING TALE OF REVOLUTION, UTOPIA, EMOTION, AND ADVENTURE SET IN A HIDDEN MOUNTAINTOP ESCAPE KNOWN ONLY AS SHANGRI-LA. WHEN AN UPRISING IN BASKUL FORCES A SMALL GROUP OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN RESIDENTS TO FLEE, THEIR PLANE CRASH-LANDS IN THE FAR WESTERN REACHES OF THE TIBETAN HIMALAYAS. THERE, THE BEWILDERED PARTY FINDS THEMSELVES STRANDED OUTSIDE THE PROTECTIVE BORDERS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, AND DISCOVERS ACCESS TO A PLACE BEYOND THE BOUNDS OF THE IMAGINATION&MDASHXA LEGENDARY PARADISE, THE MYSTIC MONASTERY SHANGRI-LA. NEW P.S. EDITION FEATURING AN ESSAY BY KENNETH C. DAVIS, AUTHOR OF DON`XT KNOW MUCH ABOUT?X HISTORY AND TWO-BIT CULTURE: THE PAPERBACKING OF AMERICA....

Sommaire:
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1933, LOST HORIZON GAINED UNRIVALED POPULARITY FROM COAST TO COAST, PARTICULARLY AFTER FRANK CAPRA`XS SPELLBINDING 1937 FILM INTRODUCED AUDIENCES NATIONWIDE TO ITS STUNNING TALE OF REVOLUTION, UTOPIA, EMOTION, AND ADVENTURE SET IN A HIDDEN MOUNTAINTOP ESCAPE KNOWN ONLY AS SHANGRI-LA. WHEN AN UPRISING IN BASKUL FORCES A SMALL GROUP OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN RESIDENTS TO FLEE, THEIR PLANE CRASH-LANDS IN THE FAR WESTERN REACHES OF THE TIBETAN HIMALAYAS. THERE, THE BEWILDERED PARTY FINDS THEMSELVES STRANDED OUTSIDE THE PROTECTIVE BORDERS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, AND DISCOVERS ACCESS TO A PLACE BEYOND THE BOUNDS OF THE IMAGINATION&MDASHXA LEGENDARY PARADISE, THE MYSTIC MONASTERY SHANGRI-LA. NEW P.S. EDITION FEATURING AN ESSAY BY KENNETH C. DAVIS, AUTHOR OF DON`XT KNOW MUCH ABOUT?X HISTORY AND TWO-BIT CULTURE: THE PAPERBACKING OF AMERICA....