James Hilton

«No juzgue la importancia de las cosas por el ruido que hacen».El viejo señor Chipping ha sido el profesor de griego y latín en la escuela de secundaria Brookfield desde tiempos inmemoriales. Nadie r

Del autor de «Adiós, señor Chips». Un levantamiento en Baskul obliga a un grupo de tres residentes británicos y uno estadounidense a huir de la India, pero su avión es secuestrado por el piloto, que

Horizontes perdidos cuenta la odisea del diplomático Hugh Conway, cuyo avión es desviado hacia el Himalaya, donde descubre la lamasería de Shangri-La, utopía de templanza y longevidad. Hilton combina el andamiaje del relato de aventuras con una meditacion serena sobre el tiempo, la moderacion y el desgaste civilizatorio. La narracion enmarcada una historia referida en segunda instancia refuerza la ambiguedad entre mito y testimonio. Su prosa contenida, de cadencia elegiaca, dialoga con el clima de entreguerras: ansiedad ante el progreso vertiginoso, cansancio imperial y deseo de retiro. James Hilton, novelista ingles formado en Cambridge y mas tarde guionista en Hollywood, supo destilar en esta obra preocupaciones centrales de su tiempo: el anhelo de estabilidad tras la Gran Guerra y la crisis economica, la fatiga moral del imperio y la busqueda de una etica de la moderacion. Su interes por relatos de viaje y fuentes periodisticas sobre Asia nutrio la invencion de Shangri-La, que desde entonces designa un imaginario de refugio. Tambien resuenan aqui su inclinacion por la nostalgia y la rectitud civil cotidiana. Recomiendo esta novela a quienes buscan una utopia sobria y reflexiva; su critica del vertigo moderno conserva plena actualidad.Quickie Classics resume obras atemporales con precision, preserva la voz del autor y mantiene la prosa clara, agil y legible: destilada, nunca diluida. Extras de la Edicion enriquecida: Introduccion · Sinopsis · Contexto historico · Biografia del autor · Analisis breve · 4 preguntas de reflexion · Notas editoriales.

Flying out of India, a light aircraft is hi-jacked and flown into the high Tibetan Himalayas. The few passengers on board anxiously await their fate, among them Conway, a talented British consul. But on landing they are unexpectedly conducted to a remote valley, a legendary paradise of peace and beauty, known as Shangri-La. Have they been kidnapped? Can they escape? And do they even want to? From the author of Goodbye Mr Chips, this is the epic adventure story of literature''s most entrancing utopia and one of our most enduring literary mysteries.

Del autor de «Adiós, señor Chips» y «Horizontes perdidos» Charles Rainier, el heredero de una rica estirpe industrial al que daban por muerto en la Gran Guerra, se despierta bajo la lluvia en un ban

At twilight a train from London deposited a man and a little girl at Patchley station. The man was grey-haired, though tall and of soldierly bearing, and the little girl was so tired that she could hardly drag one foot after the other. In the station-yard a pair-horse landau waited, and the coachman, as soon as he saw the couple, stepped down from his perch, touched his cap, and said: Excuse me, sir, but are you Mr. Cordeiro?The other answered him in perfect English, but with a slight foreign accent. That is my name. You are from Sky Peals, I presume?Yes, sir. Will you kindly step inside?

"Ah, am yes, Mr. Speed, is it not?... Welcome, sir! Welcome to Millstead!" Kenneth Speed gripped the others hand and smiled. He was a tall passably good-looking fellow in his early twenties, bright-eyed and brown-haired. At the moment he was feeling somewhat nervous, and always when he felt nervous he did things vigorously, as if to obscure his secret trepidation. Therefore when he took hold of the soft moist hand that was offered him he grasped it in such a way that its possessor winced and gave a perceptible gasp.

When the Gunn brothers Danny and Clay answer a call to help old friends, they are plunged into a volatile and deadly situation. Larry and Pamela Duke own one of the most popular nightclubs in the Spanish resort town of Ultima, but a local gang known as the Locos are determined to take it. Danny and Clay are hired to protect the club, but new adversaries enter the game. Against such odds there are only two choices: fight or die...

Brothers Danny and Clay Gunn were brought up an ocean apart, but blood will out. Both served in the military, and both know how to kill, taking work as private military contractors and freelance fixers. But when they save a female journalist in the Nevada desert, it is they who become the targets, stalked by a paramilitary team known only as The Presidents, under orders from the heart of government. To stay alive they must turn the tables, stop running, and become hunters once again.

Tots els mestres experimenten la por d’enfrontar-se als seus primers alumnes: una classe plena d’infants cridaners disposats a posar a prova el professor més tranquil i assenyat, i en Chipping, molt

Durante un incontro casuale in treno, poco prima dello scoppio della Seconda Guerra Mondiale, il politico e industriale Charles Rainier racconta a uno sconosciuto di quando, nel 1917, fu colpito da una granata e perse la memoria.Rainier si risveglio su una panchina a Liverpool nel 1919, di nuovo in possesso di tutti i suoi ricordi, tranne che per quei due anni di vuoto.Tornato a casa e presa in mano lazienda di famiglia, Rainier e diventato un uomo di successo ma la lacuna nella memoria e un matrimonio non troppo riuscito lo rendono insoddisfatto e infelice.Muovendosi tra diversi piani temporali, la storia struggente di una incessante ricerca della memoria e della felicita racconta con sensibilita e acume gli anni che fanno da ponte tra i due conflitti mondiali.

Wenn man in die Jahre kommt (aber naturlich nicht krank ist), wird man manchmal sehr schlafrig, und die Stunden scheinen zu vergehen wie trages Vieh, das sich durch die Landschaft bewegt. So erging es auch Chips, als das Herbstsemester voranschritt und die Tage kurzer wurden, bis es tatsachlich dunkel genug war, um das Gas anzuzunden, bevor der Feierabend kam. Wie ein alter Seekapitan ma Chips die Zeit immer noch an den Signalen der Vergangenheit, und das war auch gut so, denn er wohnte bei Mrs. Wickett, gleich gegenuber der Schule. Er wohnte dort seit mehr als einem Jahrzehnt, seit er sein Kapitansamt endgultig aufgegeben hatte, und sowohl er als auch seine Vermieterin hielten sich mehr an die Brookfield-Zeit als an die Greenwich-Zeit. "Mrs. Wickett", rief Chips mit seiner ruckartigen, hohen Stimme, die immer noch einen Hauch von Lebhaftigkeit in sich trug, "bringen Sie mir doch bitte eine Tasse Tee, bevor ich zur Schule gehe, ja?"

Quatre Européens, fuyant l’Afghanistan en révolte sont conduits par un mystérieux aviateur dans un monastère du Tibet, blotti sous la montagne bleue de Shangri-La. Des lamas centenaires y conservent

An engrossing tale of a man who loses his memory due to being shelled in the Great War, eventually finds happiness with a young actress, and then is knocked down on a Liverpool street. He regains consciousness and knows hes a member of a prominent and wealthy family. He begins to reconstruct his life again, knowing all the while that something.and someone.is missing

Time and Time Again was James Hiltons last novel. It was published the year before he died. It covers the rather ordinary life of a rather ordinary man.Told in flashbacks, a diplomat outlines the big events in his life. They are basically a series of humiliations and disappointments.