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Title: The Search for Shangri-La: A Journey into Tibetan History by Charles Allen ISBN: 0-349-11142-1 Publisher: Abacus Pub. Date: January, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The quest of Sham Shung
Comment: Il titolo è fuorviante. Il libro di Allen è la ricerca letteraria e filologica del mitico regno di Sham Shung, probabilmente posizionato nell'area del regno di Guge, fra il Ladakh ed il monte Kailash (cui Allen aveva dedicato un libro nel 1982: A mountain in Tibet). Ho compiuto un viaggio al Kailash nel 1997. Con sorpresa ho trovato che l'autore aveva effettuato lo stsso percorso pochi mesi dopo. La stessa agenzia (TIST), lo stesso albergo (Himalaya Hotel a Lhasa, gli stessi episodi (come la morte di un pellegrino indiano per mancanza di acclimatazione). Ma anche la piccola personale soddisfazione di vedere che il gruppo da me organizzato era riuscito a raggiungere i luoghi (Toling e Tsaparang) per cui Allen aveva invano chiesto il permesso.
Rating: 4
Summary: A more balanced and broader view
Comment: of Tibetan history than one often finds in Buddhist-authored books on the subject. The author combined known Near Eastern/Asian ancient and medieval history with personal observations of the land and its archaeology to arrive at some very interesting conclusions about (1) the pre-Buddhist religious history and cultures of Tibet, and (2) the development of Buddhism in this milieu. The frequent transitions in writing style, from travelogue to historical discourse and back, were sometimes awkward. But if you like books on comparative religion, anthropology, mythology, religious history, or ancient history, and are interested in Tibet, you'll have fun with this one! Overall rating: 4 stars
Rating: 3
Summary: Interesting, but it doesn't quite work.
Comment: The author, a writer and oral historian with long experience in the Indian subcontinent, here describes his re-examination of the complex history of Buddhism in Tibet and India. He intersperses colorful chapters about traveling in Tibet among drier chapters on religious history. The mix does not quite work. While Allen's travel writing generally holds the reader's attention, only people with a serious interest in Asian religions would stay with the scholarly presentations all the way through. Even though I lived in South Asia for four years, I found the religious history heavy going. While the color photographs bunched in the center of the book are of good quality, I wished that they had covered more of the sites described by the author. Overall rating: three stars.
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Title: The Siege of Shangri-La : The Quest for Tibet's Sacred Hidden Paradise by Michael McRae ISBN: 0767904850 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 24 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The Search for the Buddha: The Men Who Discovered India's Lost Religion by Charles Allen ISBN: 0786711973 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Lost Horizon by James Hilton ISBN: 0671664271 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 15 January, 1988 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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