Description:
Seven Years in Tibet is an autobiographical travel book written by Austrian mountaineer and former Nazi SS Officer Heinrich Harrer based on his real life experiences in Tibet between 1944 and 1951 during the Second World War and the interim period before the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army invaded Tibet in 1950.
The book covers the escape of Harrer, and his companion Peter Aufschnaiter, from a British internment camp in India. Harrer and Aufschnaiter then travelled across Tibet to Lhasa, the capital. Here they spent several years, and Harrer describes the contemporary Tibetan culture in detail. Harrer subsequently became a tutor and friend of the 14th Dalai Lama.
Contents
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* 1 Response
* 2 Films
* 3 Song
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
[edit] Response
At the beginning of the Flamingo edition of the book, a message from the Dalai Lama is present, which praises the book: "Harrer has always been such a friend to Tibet. His most important contribution to our cause, his book, Seven Years in Tibet introduced hundreds of thousands of people to my country."
[edit] Films
Two films have been based on the book. The first was a 1956, 76-minute documentary directed by Hans Nieter. The documentary includes film taken by Harrer during his stay in Tibet, and Harrer himself reconstructed various scenes from his adventures. The second, Seven Years in Tibet, released in 1997, was directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and starred Brad Pitt and David Thewlis.
[edit] Song
There is also a David Bowie song entitled "Seven Years in Tibet", from his album Earthling.
