Originally published in German as Sieben Jahre in Tibet (1952). Translated from the German by Richard Graves. With an Introduction by Peter Fleming. Epilogie translated by Anthea Bell. This edition published by Flamingo 1997.Previously published in paperback by Flamingo 1994, reprinted once. And previously published in paperback by Paladin 1988, reprinted twice. First published in Great Britain by Rupert Hart-Davis 1953. Flamingo Modern Classic. Flamingo, London 1997. Paperback, 193 pages.
Motion picture artwork (on cover) copyright © 1997 by Mandalay Entertainment.

I've got this both in English and in Finnish translations. Not sure which one to read.

The blurb:
'Few adventurers in this century have had the combined luck and hardihood to return with such news as this. Fewer still have rendered it so powerfully unadorned.'
Times Literary Supplement
Heimlch Harrer, already a famous mountaineer and Olympic ski champion, was caught by the outbreak of the Second World War while climbing in the Himalayas. Being an Austrian, he was interned in India. By an almost super-human effort, and on his third attempt, he succeeded in escaping into Tibet.
After a series of remarkable experiences In a country never before crossed by a Westerner, he reached the forbidden city of Lhasa. He stayed there for seven years, learned the language and acquired a greater understanding of Tibet and Tibetans than a Westerner had ever before achieved. He became friend and tutor to the young Dalai Lama and finally accompanied him into India when he was put to flight by the Red Chinese invasion,
Seven Years in Tibet, Heinrich Harrer's classic account of his amazing escape into Tibet during the Second World War, has been made into a major motion picture from Mandalay Entertainment, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and starring Brad Pitt and David Thewlis.

About the author:
Heinrich Harrer
was born in 1912 in Carinthia and studied at the University of Graz, where he distinguished himself both in geography and athletics. His skiing prowess won him a place in the 1936 Austrian Olympic team, and in 1937 he won the World's University Slalom Championship. He was in the party which first ascended the notorious North Wall of the Eiger in 1938, and he is the author of the classic climbing book The White Spider — a full history of the attempts to make that terrible climb.

Heinrich Harrer in Wikipedia
Heinrich Harrer Limited Edition Portfolio
Heinrich Harrer Will Always Be Remembered by Tibetans: H.H. the Dalai Lama in dalailama.com
Seven Years in Tibet in Wikipedia

This book has travelled two (basically full) rounds in European non-fiction VBB without anyone picking it up. This year the VBB was not organized at all. So I think it's time for this book to go and find new readers on its own.
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