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Seven years in Tibet /

by Harrer, Heinrich
Additional authors: Translator -- Graves, Richard | Intro -- Fleming, Peter
Published by : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, (New York, NY :) Physical details: 329 p. : map ; 21 cm. ISBN:0874778883 (pbk.). Year: 1997
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900 - 999 Book Cart 951.504 Har (Browse shelf) Available Book Fund 71663

Introduction --
Preface --
Internment --
Escape --
Into Tibet --
The village of happiness --
On the move --
The worst trek of all --
The Forbidden City --
Calm waters --
Asylum granted --
Life in Lhasa --
An attempted coup d'etat --
Commissions from the government --
Tibet prepares for trouble --
Tutor to the Dalai Lama --
Tibet is invaded --
I leave Tibet --
Epilogue: 1996.

"Seven Years in Tibet" is the extraordinary true story of how a young Austrian adventurer became tutor and friend to the Dalai Lama. This timeless story illuminates Eastern culture, as well as the childhood of His Holiness and the current plight of Tibetans. A major motion picture will feature Brad Pitt in the lead role of Heinrich Harrer.

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