Lost Horizon (Hardback) - Hardcover

Hilton, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849027684 ISBN 13: 9781849027687

Publisher: Benediction Classics, 2010

Synopsis

While attempting to escape a civil war, four people are kidnapped and transported to the Tibetan mountains. After their plane crashes, they are found by a mysterious Chinese man. He leads them to a monastery hidden in “the valley of the blue moon” – a land of mystery and matchless beauty where life is lived in tranquil wonder, beyond the grasp of a doomed world. It is here, in Shangri-La, where destinies will be discovered and the meaning of paradise will be unveiled. James Hilton was an English novelist. His first novel, Catherine Herself, was published when he was just 20. Several of his international bestsellers inspired successful film adaptations, notably Lost Horizon, which won a Hawthornden Prize; Goodbye, Mr. Chips; and Random Harvest. Hilton’s books are sometimes characterised as sentimental and idealistic celebrations of English virtues. This is true of Mr. Chips, but some of his novels had a darker side. Flaws in the English society of his time – particularly narrow-mindedness and class-consciousness – were frequently his targets. His novel We Are Not Alone, despite its inspirational-sounding title, is a grim story of legally approved lynching brought on by wartime hysteria in Britain. Hilton lived and worked in Hollywood beginning in the mid-1930s, and won an Academy Award in 1942 for his work on the screenplay of Mrs. Miniver, based on the novel by Jan Struther and one of his later novels, Morning Journey, was about the movie business .

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Review:

'A prophetic, thought-provoking story' -- Bournemouth Echo

Book Description:

The perfect father's day novel - the adventure story that invented Shangri-La, one of our most enduring literary mysteries.

About this edition

• Publisher: Benediction Classics
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1849027684
• ISBN 13: 9781849027687
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 168