Les Chemins de Katmandou

Les Chemins de Katmandou ("the roads to Kathmandu") is a 1969 novel by the French writer René Barjavel. It tells the story of a man who joins a group of hippies who live and travel in Nepal, where they take drugs and practice free love in the belief that it will free them from materialism, only to meet disappointment.

Les Chemins de Katmandou
First edition
AuthorRené Barjavel
LanguageFrench
PublisherPresses de la Cité
Publication date
1969
Publication placeFrance
Pages380

Adaptation

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The novel was written in tandem with a 1969 film of the same name (in English, The Pleasure Pit), directed by André Cayatte and starring Renaud Verley and Jane Birkin.[1] The film had 1,635,664 admissions in French cinemas.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Contemporary Authors. Gale. 1998. p. 24. ISBN 9780787619978.
  2. ^ "Les Chemins de Katmandou". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 2015-05-23.