Rutherford’s narrative then ends, and he adds that someone saw an old Chinese woman, who was presumably Lo-Tsen, bringing Conway to the hospital. Brinklow and Barnard want to stay in Shangri-La for their own reasons, but Mallinson requests that he and Conway leave with Lo-Tsen, to which he obliges. With this information, Conway tells Mallinson about the history of Shangri-La, but he dismisses it as nonsense. “Is there not too much tension in the world at present, and might it not be better if more people were slackers?” ― James Hilton, Lost Horizon Age is just a Number He has several additional meetings with Conway, and eventually asks him to become the next High Lama after his death. He reveals to Conway that he founded Shangri-La 250 years ago, and those who remain in the valley age much slower than usual. Conway is then summoned by the High Lama, who sees promise in him. However, they will be unable to do so until portersĬonway and Mallinson both fall in love with a Chinese woman called Lo-Tsen, who is actually hundreds of years old, although she only looks like she’s in her twenties. Conwayįinds Shangri-La incredibly alluring, but Mallinson finds it appalling and Library, modern luxuries, and everyone appears to be in utter peace. The breathtaking sights and sounds of the valley. Them arrive at Shangri-La and are guided by an elderly man called Chang through The plane crashes and the pilot dies, who tells them to seek out the lamasery known as Shangri-La to receive aid. Barnard, are escaping to Britain on a plane, but it gets hijacked and is flown to Tibet instead. Lost Horizon in-depth ReviewĬonway, along with three others: Roberta Brinklow, Captain Charles Mallinson, and Henry D.
Rutherford then tells the story to the others, including us, the readers. Rutherford, one of the three, reveals that he met Conway in a hospital while travelling to Honolulu, who told him a story about what happened to him after he disappeared. The story begins with three friends having dinner in Berlin when one of them happens to mention a Hugh “Glory” Conway, who mysteriously disappeared after fleeing British India. Would such an oasis really be a utopia, or would it be a prison? The answer to Shangri-La might seem like an alluring escape and a true paradise. For those in a war-torn world full of fear and strife, the Utopian oasis sequestered from the earthly horrors of poverty, war, andĭissipation. Hilton serves as the genesis of the legendary Shangri-La, a beautiful
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