HARRER, Heinrich.
Seven Years in Tibet.
“Wherever I live, I shall feel homesick for Tibet": First American Edition of Seven Years in Tibet; Lengthily Signed by Heinrich Harrer in English and Tibetan
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1954.
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First American edition of Harrer's classic account. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with over 40 photographs. Translated by Richard Graves. Boldly signed by Heinrich Harrer in both English and Tibetan. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Seven Years in Tibet is an adventure classic that recounts Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer's 1943 escape from a British internment camp in India, his daring trek across the Himalayas, and his happy sojourn in Tibet, then, as now, a remote land little visited by foreigners. Warmly welcomed, he eventually became tutor to the Dalai Lama, teenaged god-king of the theocratic nation. The author's vivid descriptions of Tibetan rites and customs capture its unique traditions before the Chinese invasion in 1950, which prompted Harrer's departure. "One of the grandest and most incredible adventure stories I have ever read" (Santha Rama Rau, The New York Times Book Review). It was made into the 1997 film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, starring Brad Pitt and David Thewlis, the score was composed by John Williams and features cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
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