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.