8 years in Tibet. The diaries of Peter Aufshneter
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The names of Peter Aufshneter and Henry Harrera became known thanks to the film "Seven years in Tibet" (in which David Tulis and Brad Pitt starred) and friendship with the Dalai Lama XIV, for whom Europeans became real teachers and friends ...
In the spring of 1944, Peter Aufshnaiter and Henry Harrer, hiding from the chase, reached the border with Tibet. Five years spent in the Indian camp for interned persons remained behind, there was an unknown land in front, where there are no roads, electricity, water supply for thousands of kilometers ...
After almost two years of illegal wandering in Tibet, Aufshnaiter found a refuge in the forbidden city - Lhasa. It is unlikely that a climber from Austria suggested that he would become one of the main characters at the most dramatic moment of Tibet"s history (1950).
Aufshnaiter was a "engine of progress" for medieval Tibet and a witness to its death. When the Chinese troops who captured the country forced the Austrians to escape abroad, the forbidden kingdom - Nepal, Peter began to work for the good of this country.
For more than forty years, the life of Aufshneter was associated with Tibet, Nepal and India, while he himself remained in the shade. Only at the end of his life, Aufshnaiter decided to tell his story - from archaeological excavations in Tibet and services to the Government of the Dalai Lama XIV to the help of Tibetan refugees, from work on Indian and Nepal intelligence to illegal climbs in the Himalayas under the nose of the Chinese ...
The manuscript of the book almost sunk into oblivion, but saw the light thanks to an accidental coincidence. Aufshnaiter did not have time to tell much, these gaps were filled with memories of his friends and comrades, letters and archival documents, many of which are published for the first time
In the spring of 1944, Peter Aufshnaiter and Henry Harrer, hiding from the chase, reached the border with Tibet. Five years spent in the Indian camp for interned persons remained behind, there was an unknown land in front, where there are no roads, electricity, water supply for thousands of kilometers ...
After almost two years of illegal wandering in Tibet, Aufshnaiter found a refuge in the forbidden city - Lhasa. It is unlikely that a climber from Austria suggested that he would become one of the main characters at the most dramatic moment of Tibet"s history (1950).
Aufshnaiter was a "engine of progress" for medieval Tibet and a witness to its death. When the Chinese troops who captured the country forced the Austrians to escape abroad, the forbidden kingdom - Nepal, Peter began to work for the good of this country.
For more than forty years, the life of Aufshneter was associated with Tibet, Nepal and India, while he himself remained in the shade. Only at the end of his life, Aufshnaiter decided to tell his story - from archaeological excavations in Tibet and services to the Government of the Dalai Lama XIV to the help of Tibetan refugees, from work on Indian and Nepal intelligence to illegal climbs in the Himalayas under the nose of the Chinese ...
The manuscript of the book almost sunk into oblivion, but saw the light thanks to an accidental coincidence. Aufshnaiter did not have time to tell much, these gaps were filled with memories of his friends and comrades, letters and archival documents, many of which are published for the first time
Author:
Author:Brown M.
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:Drawing & Painting
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Series:
Series: Era of Aquarius
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-89533-435-5
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