Lost Horizon - (P.S.) by James Hilton (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Lost Horizon," a novel by English writer Hilton, is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamasery high in the mountains of Tibet.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>"The most artful kind of suspense. . . ingenuity I have rarely seen equaled." -- <em>The New Yorker</em></strong></p><p>Originally published in 1933, <em>Lost Horizon</em> 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>This Harper Perennial edition includes a P.S. section featuring a bonus essay on <em>Lost Horizon </em>by Kenneth C. Davis, author of <em>Don't Know Much About</em><sup><em>(R)</em></sup><em> History.</em></p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Originally published in 1933, <em>Lost Horizon</em> 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. </p><p>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.</p><p>New P.S. Edition featuring an essay by Kenneth C. Davis, author of <em>Don't Know Much About<sup>(R)</sup> History</em> and <em>Two-Bit Culture: The Paperbacking of America</em>.</p>
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