Seven Years in Tibet

By: Heinrich Harrer

Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith

Dramatized in a motion picture starring Brad Pitt, Seven Years in Tibet is the autobiographical account of a young Austrian adventurer and the escape from an internment camp that changed his life forever. In 1943, Heinrich Harrer, a noted mountain climber and skier, slipped out of captivity in India and made his way through the Himalayan passes to the Forbidden City of Lhasa in Tibet. From destitute vagabond, he rose to the position of tutor and confidant to the fourteen-year-old Dalai Lama. Until their parting in 1950, when the Chinese Communists overran the country, his close relationship with the revered holy man profoundly altered his way of living, even his way of thinking.

Critic reviews

“One of the grandest and most incredible adventure stories I have ever read.”
—The New York Times Book Review

“First there is the incredibly adventurous twenty-onemonth trek across rugged mountain and desolate plain to the mysterious heartland of Tibet; then the fascinating picture, rich in amazing detail, of life in Lhasa. . . . Final chapters draw an intimate portrait of the youthful Dalai Lama.”
—The Atlantic Monthly

OK

I felt the author rushed through some of the most intense parts of the story. I would have enjoyed hearing more about the struggle of getting to Tibet rather than having him glaze over it.

Nice but a little slow

I'm glad I read it because it was thoughtful and the underlying story is interesting, yet it was a little slow

Where's the rest???

Only 4 chapters? The book is 17 chapters long!

I can only offer one star for less than 25% of the book.

monotone reader

monotone reader makes this unbearable to listen to.