Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon
Flying out of India, a light aircraft is hi-jacked and flown into the high Tibetan Himalayas. The few passengers on board anxiously await their fate, among them Conway, a talented British consul. But on landing they are unexpectedly conducted to a remote valley, a legendary paradise of peace and beauty, known as Shangri-La. Have they been kidnapped? Can they escape? And do they even want to?
From the author of Goodbye Mr Chips, this is the epic adventure story of literature's most entrancing utopia and one of our most enduring literary mysteries.
From the author of Goodbye Mr Chips, this is the epic adventure story of literature's most entrancing utopia and one of our most enduring literary mysteries.
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Flying out of India, a light aircraft is hi-jacked and flown into the high Tibetan Himalayas. The few passengers on board anxiously await their fate, among them Conway, a talented British consul. But on landing they are unexpectedly conducted to a remote valley, a legendary paradise of peace and beauty, known as Shangri-La. Have they been kidnapped? Can they escape? And do they even want to?
From the author of Goodbye Mr Chips, this is the epic adventure story of literature's most entrancing utopia and one of our most enduring literary mysteries.
From the author of Goodbye Mr Chips, this is the epic adventure story of literature's most entrancing utopia and one of our most enduring literary mysteries.
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13/01/2024 12:32
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Lost Horizon begins slowly, with the High Lama reaching out to Hugh as the rest of the gang explores the lamasery in search of an escape. What's the problem? Each of the four characters is confined by our first perceptions of them, never progressing beyond their one-dimensional setup. Most of them are unlikable.
Finally, after the philosophy has been revealed, it is time to take action and make decisions. It leads to an intriguing, but incomplete conclusion. Overall, Lost Horizon has a decent idea and some interesting issues, but it never gripped me the way it does for other people. My parents fell in love with the novel and read it often. I found it intriguing. There is potential, and parts and pieces are fascinating, but the story is largely a cerebral exercise, the philosophy unappealing when stripped down to its nihilistic core, and the characters shallow and mostly unpleasant.
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