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x, 340 pages ; 25 cm, The author goes beyond the fantasies of literature and the movies to the reality of an isolated, but alluring, country, Includes bibliographical reference (pages 317-326) and index, Introduction: My Tibet and Ours -- Tibet as Place and Myth -- The Kingdom of the Screen -- The Dalai Lama Comes to Hollywood -- Tinseltown Tulkus -- The Evangelist -- The Explorer -- Gateway to Virtual Tibet -- My Argentine Hajj -- Bringing the Gospels to Lhasa -- Hacienda Brad -- First among Few -- Lhasa at Last -- Filling in the Blank -- Illusion and Reality -- The Land of the Spirit -- The Annunciation -- The Last of the Questers -- Where the Virtual Heinrich Harrer and the Real Brad Pitt Diverge -- Coping with the Real Heinrich Harrer -- The Chinese React -- Tibetan Questions -- Virtual Tibet Meets the Real Public -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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Author

Schell, Orville

Publisher

New York : Metropolitan Books

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780805043822

Category

travel

Subjects

Political Science, History, Travel

Rating

3.68 / 5 (31 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14