"Lost Horizon" by James Hilton. New York: William Morrow, 1933. First edition
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. The book was turned into a movie, also called Lost Horizon, by director Frank Capra in 1937. It is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamasery high in the mountains of Tibet.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOYaLRgFIJI
"Lost Horizon" by James Hilton. New York: William Morrow, 1933. First edition
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. The book was turned into a movie, also called Lost Horizon, by director Frank Capra in 1937. It is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamasery high in the mountains of Tibet.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOYaLRgFIJI