by Heinrich Harrer · Ediciones B · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440670267
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«Siete años en el Tíbet» is Heinrich Harrer's travelogue, published by Ediciones B in paperback (448 pages, in Spanish).
After escaping a British internment camp in India during World War II, Heinrich Harrer reached Lhasa and spent seven years in Tibet. There he observed its customs, religion and politics, befriended the Dalai Lama, and portrayed a people who wished to live free and independent.
The original German title, «Sieben Jahre in Tibet», was published in 1953. The Spanish edition dates from 1997.
Reading for those interested in memoirs of exploration, travel and Asian history.
Heinrich Harrer was an Austrian mountaineer, explorer, writer, sportsman, geographer, and an SS sergeant. He was a member of the four-man climbing team that made the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger, the "last problem" of the Alps, in July 1938. Harrer and the team flew the Nazi flag atop the mountain. Harrer had joined the Nazi Party shortly after the annexation of Austria in March 1938, and was personally received by Hitler after the climb. A year later in 1939, he and the climbing team went on an expedition to the Indian Himalayas, where they were arrested by British colonial authorities due to the outbreak of World War II. He eventually escaped to Tibet, staying there until 1951. He is the author of two autobiographical books, Seven Years in Tibet (1952) and The White Spider (1959).
