Name: Lost Horizon (in Maratí)
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Author: Hilton, James
ISBN: 9788184984521

Type

Physical Book

Author

James Hilton

Publisher

Mehta Publishing House

Language

Maratí

Pages

186

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 1.1 cm

Weight

0.24 kg.

ISBN13

9788184984521

Synopsis "Lost Horizon (in Maratí)"

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1933, LOST HORIZON GAINED UNRIVALED POPULARITY FROM COAST TO COAST, PARTICULARLY AFTER FRANK CAPRA XS SPELLBINDING 1937 FILM INTRODUCED AUDIENCES NATIONWIDE TO ITS STUNNING TALE OF REVOLUTION, UTOPIA, EMOTION, AND ADVENTURE SET IN A HIDDEN MOUNTAINTOP ESCAPE KNOWN ONLY AS SHANGRI-LA. WHEN AN UPRISING IN BASKUL FORCES A SMALL GROUP OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN RESIDENTS TO FLEE, THEIR PLANE CRASH-LANDS IN THE FAR WESTERN REACHES OF THE TIBETAN HIMALAYAS. THERE, THE BEWILDERED PARTY FINDS THEMSELVES STRANDED OUTSIDE THE PROTECTIVE BORDERS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, AND DISCOVERS ACCESS TO A PLACE BEYOND THE BOUNDS OF THE IMAGINATION&MDASHXA LEGENDARY PARADISE, THE MYSTIC MONASTERY SHANGRI-LA. NEW P.S. EDITION FEATURING AN ESSAY BY KENNETH C. DAVIS, AUTHOR OF DON XT KNOW MUCH ABOUT(R)X HISTORY AND TWO-BIT CULTURE: THE PAPERBACKING OF AMERICA.

James Hilton

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Born in Lancashire in 1900, son of a director. His most famous books, Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr. Chips, were written during the 1930s and became bestsellers. Lost Horizon was turned into a successful Hollywood movie in 1937. For a while, Hilton was the highest-paid screenwriter in Hollywood and won an Academy Award in 1942 for his screenplay of Mrs. Miniver. Hilton continued writing novels throughout his career. He died in 1954.

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