The Dalai Lama meets The Player-from the Himalayas to Hollywood; a fantastic journey into the West's longstanding dream of Tibet.What has made remote; mountainous Tibet and its only real celebrity; the Dalai Lama; so abidingly fascinating to the West? From Marco Polo's vision of Tibet as a land of enchanters to James Hilton's dream of Shangri-la in Lost Horizon; why have Westerners projected their yearnings onto that inaccessible place as onto no other corner on earth?In Virtual Tibet; Orville Schell; one of the preeminent experts on modern China and Tibet; undertakes a strange and wondrous odyssey into our Tibetan fantasies. He recounts the spellbinding tale of the Western adventurers; explorers; and spiritualists who for centuries were bent on reaching forbidden Tibet and the holy city of Lhasa. At the same time; Schell leads us on a riveting present-day journey from Hollywood dharma study groups and Beastie Boy "Free Tibet" concerts to a re-creation of Lhasa in the high Argentine Andes; which was the extravagant set of Seven Years in Tibet; starring Brad Pitt. As the past and the present; ancient customs and the superstar culture collide; Schell sheds light on the danger of blurring virtual and real worlds.A fabulous spectacle; peopled by celebrity Buddhists and Tibetan bonzes; Yak wranglers and high-powered publicists; Steven Seagal and the Dalai Lama; Virtual Tibet is an elegantly written work of extraordinary charm; power; and insight.
#1332243 in Books Raanan Rein 2014-10-09 2014-10-09Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .80 x 6.00l; .0 #File Name: 0804793417240 pagesFutbol Jews and the Making of Argentina
Review
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Two StarsBy Tavi GuptaThis book was easy to read and provided a lot of information. It feels unfinished in many ways.
