Ararat : In Search of the Mythical Mountain Paperback / softback
by Frank Westerman
Paperback / softback
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Mount Ararat in Turkey is where, as biblical tradition has it, Noah's Ark ran aground and God made his covenant with mankind.
Now it stands astride the fault-line between religion and science, a geographical, political and cultural crossroads, bound up with the centuries-old history of warfare between different cultures in this region.
Frank Westerman takes a pilgrimage from the mountain's foot to its highest slopes, meeting along the way geologists, priests and an expedition in search of the Ark's remains, as well as a Russian astronaut who observes that 'there is something between heaven and earth about which we humans know nothing'.
Ararat is a dazzling, highly personal book about science, religion and all that lies between, by one of Europe's most celebrated young writers.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:06/05/2010
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- ISBN:9780099512783
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:06/05/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780099512783