Lost horizon

First published in 1933, Lost Horizon introduced readers to Shangri-La, the Tibetan utopia in which life is limitlessly extended. One woman and three men are kidnapped and brought to Shangri-La, hidden deep in the uncharted mountains of Tibet. In their extraordinary adventure, the travelers are transformed as they shed the trappings of their former day-to-day lives and reach greater spiritual and intellectual understanding of themselves and the world.