![]() Later in the evening, Rutherford reveals to the neurologist that, after the disappearance, he discovered Conway in a French mission hospital in Chung-Kiang (probably Chongqing), China, suffering from amnesia. A chance remark by a passing airman brings up the topic of Hugh Conway, a British consul in Afghanistan, who disappeared under odd circumstances. ![]() This neurologist and a novelist friend, Rutherford, are given dinner at Tempelhof, Berlin, by their old school-friend Wyland, a secretary at the British embassy. ![]() The prologue and epilogue are narrated by a neurologist. It is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamasery located high in the mountains of Tibet. The book was turned into a film, also called Lost Horizon, in 1937 by director Frank Capra and a lavish musical remake in 1973 by producer Ross Hunter with music by Burt Bacharach. Lost Horizon is a 1933 novel by English writer James Hilton. ![]() Print (hardback & paperback), Kindle eBook, audiobook ![]()
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