Name: lost horizon
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Author: Hilton, James
ISBN: 9780062113726

Type

Physical Book

Author

James Hilton

Publisher

Harper Perennial

Language

English

Pages

272

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.8x13.5x2 cm

Weight

0.20 kg.

ISBN

62113720

ISBN13

9780062113726

Synopsis "lost horizon"

"The most artful kind of suspense. . . ingenuity I have rarely seen equaled." -- The New YorkerOriginally published in 1933, Lost Horizon gained unrivaled popularity from coast to coast, particularly after Frank Capra's 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--a legendary paradise, the mystic monastery Shangri-La.This Harper Perennial edition includes a P.S. section featuring a bonus essay on Lost Horizon by Kenneth C. Davis, author of Don't Know Much About(R) History.

James Hilton

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Born in Lancashire in 1900, son of a director. His most famous books, Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr. Chips, were written during the 1930s and became bestsellers. Lost Horizon was turned into a successful Hollywood movie in 1937. For a while, Hilton was the highest-paid screenwriter in Hollywood and won an Academy Award in 1942 for his screenplay of Mrs. Miniver. Hilton continued writing novels throughout his career. He died in 1954.

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