Sette anni in Tibet

”Now the Living Buddha was approaching. He passed quite close to our window. The women stiffened in a deep obeisance and hardly dared to breathe. The crowd was frozen. Deeply moved we hid ourselves behind the women as if to protect ourselves from being drawn into the magic circle of his power.We kep Leggi tutto

Trebuie să-i contrazic pe cei ce spun că singura modalitate de a călători în toată lumea e aceea de a te folosi de un mijloc modern de transport ori pur şi simplu aceea de a merge pe jos. Nu! O carte -obiectul acela palpabil- te poate duce dincolo de hotarele imaginaţiei. Poţi călători în timp, citi Leggi tutto

This is a book that I bought way back in 1990. It was an excellent travel book and I purchased it because of my enjoyment of reading about life in Tibet (it always struck me as such an exotic place) and I was also very influenced by Buddhism at the time. It was so sad about the situation with China

I bought my copy of this book from a thrift shop last 27 January 2010. Handwritten on its first inside page is the former owner's name followed by: "23 Jan 1999 "Los Angeles "California "7:00 pm." I suspect he (or she?) was a Tibetan. It's typical of these religious and superstitious people to ascribe m Leggi tutto

Sunt printre cei care au văzut întâi filmul (chiar de mai multe ori) și apoi am citit cartea. Și, ca de obicei, și de data aceasta, dau întâietate cărții (în ciuda lui Brad Pitt): Șapte ani în Tibet, volumul semnat de Heinrich Harrer, este una dintre cele mai interesante cărți de călătorie citite vr Leggi tutto

First off let me say that the writing of this book is nothing spectacular, it's adequate for this type of book and gets all the facts across without lots of embellishment. However, the content is an amazing travelogue of Heinrich Harrier's journey through Tibet and his eventual friendship with his

অসম্ভব রকমের ভালো লাগসে। মনে হচ্ছিল লেখক যদি আরেকটু ডিটেইলস লিখতেন! বইটা যদি আরেকটু বড় হতো! আসলে একরকমের পাগল হলেই বোধহয় অভিযাত্রী হওয়া যায়। নইলে দিনের পর দিন খেয়ে না খেয়ে হাজারটা অসুবিধা, পথের নির্মমতা, বিপদ সবকিছুকে পাশ কাটিয়ে কেবল মাত্র একটা লক্ষ্যকে সামনে রেখে কেবল যাওয়া আর যাওয়া। কয়জন Leggi tutto