Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Seven Years in Tibet
Book Review: Once again the book is better then the Movie.
Summary: 5 Stars
This was the first book that I read regarding Tibet, I have since read several more and have become a Tibetian Freedom Activist. It is a beautiful account of life and religion in a lost era. It makes your heart ache when you realize that China has committed cultural genacide and that the Tibet discribed by Harrer will never exist again.Book Review: Open Our Eyes to the Seemingly Unknown Horizon
Summary: 5 Stars
I came across this book while I was browsing through the travel narrative shelf of a local bookstore. I decided to purchase it after i finish reading the opening chapter! Beyond just a Tibet practical guidebook, the Mr. Harrer gave a true yet touching account of his expereince and bond with the Tibetans. "Seven Years in Tibet" delineates the Mr. Harrer's strenuous entrance into Tibet and his interactions, whether hospitable or not, with government officials, the nomads, and the monks. I recommend this book for all who wonder about traveling in Tibet or just wanting to know more about this mysterious piece of land known ans the "roof of the world."Book Review: Pleasant reading
Summary: 5 Stars
Not being a writer, Harrer has created a very pleasant book describing his years as a prisoner in India, his escapes, and his travels through Tibet as he and his companion Aufschnaiter try to reach Tibet's forbidden city, Lhasa. The narrative is smooth, making the reader walk with them as they deceive Tibet's authorities and thieves, finding friendship among the nomads, spending months across the country. Reaching Lhasa, the story changes to the way of life of the Tibetans, and his own, as he comes to consider Tibet his new home. He is able to picture the religious festivities, the fundaments of their budhaism, the social skills, the way the people see their God-king, the Dalai Lama. The only part of the story I think is not well developed enough is his relationship with the Dalai Lama, he spents only the last final two chapters with it. The end of the book is a little too quick, which represents the way he was forced by the chinese to leave Tibet. A very good book, and one can learn a lot about Tibet with it. The real stuff, not the kind of things you hear when some fancy movie star says he's budhist.Book Review: Poignant Adventure
Summary: 5 Stars
Seldom do real-life adventures touch the human soul as deeply as this masterful account of an adventure into a wonderful land. Heinrich Harrer describes his escapes (from a British internment camp in India and subsequent quest to the Forbidden City of Lhasa. Written in the first person, Harrer paints a surprisingly human account of his journey, as well as those he met along the way - including, of course, his eventual connection with the Dalai Lama. This book is completely unpretentious and pays considerable respect to the Tibetan culture.
Note: This book bares almost no resemblance to the move by the same title - it is FAR better than the movie. It's a real shame that the movie deviated so greatly from this great adventure. While one must despise the evil that China has, and continues to, perpetrate upon "modern" Tibet, Harrer's account may provide the best account of what that country was before the communist destruction of a culture that had so much to offer the world.
Book Review: Read the Book!
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm about half way through this book and I am amazed! I've not seen the movie yet so I really didn't know what the book was going to be about. What brave men these were! It's like a diary into these mens lives for a short time when the whole world was in turmoil. Definately read this book!