by Charles Nicholas
In the depths of the worldwide economic depression as the war drumbeats began in Germany, James Hilton wrote a quirky, imaginative book "Lost Horizon", It leaves much to the reader's imagination. The manuscript opens with airplane hijacking that seemed all too realistic. Quickly, the hijacking turns...
bookshelves: re-read, autumn-2010, young-adult, fantasy, play-dramatisation, music, time-slip Recommended for: Brazilliant Laura! Read from September 08 to 10, 2010 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tq4lx Shangri-la? Turn north at the Big Foot...The re-read is in the form of a Auntie dramatisa...
I had to read Lost Horizon three times, over a number years, to really appreciate it. It is a story that is subtle in its sophistication, much like a fine wine. Though set in pre-World War II years (it was first published in 1933) with a strong male protagonist, it is not an Indiana Jones type adven...
In 1931, four people, including Glory Conway, escape the political unrest in Baskul, China by boarding a plane, bound for Peshawar. The plane, however, much to their dismay, has been hijacked and eventually crash lands deep in the far reaches of the Tibetan Himalayas. Seeking shelter, the group so...
This is one of those books that I've been meaning to read for years - and I'm so glad that I finally did. I enjoyed his writing and characterization, and I finished with a lot to think about - the philosophical questions of withdrawing from the world, of time and how we experience it, of what oblig...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tq4lxShangri-la? Turn north at the Big Foot...The re-read is in the form of a Auntie dramatisation. I remember loving this story as a child - I think there was a film made too. If only I could remember where I put my memory. ETA - We have the film in the bag - the ...
Hilton's Lost Horizon is often credited with being the origin of the Shangri-La myth, and indeed it is a compelling story. Written in the 1930s, the book is both a product of the turmoil and chaos created by the First World War and subsequent worldwide depression and anticipatory of the conflagrati...
I couldn't get into this one!
This is a fun read. They did a pretty good job with the film. Given that Hilton was a major screenwriter that makes sense. It is very Victorian in its feel, a sort of Kipling-esque yarn, in which depression era westerners find themselves in a version of paradise. The place is rather communistic, wit...
[This note was made in 1983:]. I also read Hilton's Lost Horizon, which I found surprisingly brief and dry (in comparison, I suppose, with the lush film versions which formed my idea of it).
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