Return to Tibet

Seven Years in Tibet told the incredible story of an idyllic life on the "roof of the world, " before it was destroyed by the invading Chinese army. Now Austrian adventurer Heinrich Harrer revisits the people and places he left behind, in the extraordinary Return to Tibet. Against a backdrop of ruined monasteries and the beautiful, mysterious Himalayas, Harrer vividly evokes both a free Tibet, in which religion and faith were central features of daily life, and the present-day occupied nation, in which a profoundly spiritual culture is threatened with disappearance. He reflects on the country's problems, and in a reunion with his former pupil the Dalai Lama discusses ways of preserving the Tibetans' national character and their homeland.