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Ararat is a breathtaking journey along the fault-line between religion and science, a pilgrimage by a non-believer that takes Frank Westerman to Mount Ararat where, as biblical tradition has it, Noah's Ark ran aground and God made his covenant with mankind.
Mount Ararat is now a geographical, political and cultural crossroads, bound up with the centuries-old history of warfare between different cultures in this region. As Westerman stands at its foot it poses both a physical and a religious challenge: where is the God from my children's bible? Who or what has taken his place? Can one free oneself of a religious upbringing?
He meets geologists, priests, and, on the mountain's high slopes, an expedition in search of the Ark's remains. And also 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.
Mount Ararat is now a geographical, political and cultural crossroads, bound up with the centuries-old history of warfare between different cultures in this region. As Westerman stands at its foot it poses both a physical and a religious challenge: where is the God from my children's bible? Who or what has taken his place? Can one free oneself of a religious upbringing?
He meets geologists, priests, and, on the mountain's high slopes, an expedition in search of the Ark's remains. And also 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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"Westerman unites the best of two worlds: the brainpower, curiosity and precision of the scientist with the freedom and artistry of the literary writer" (Vrij Nederland)
"Ararat keeps you in suspense until the very end. Westerman magnificently interweaves the narrative of his personal quest with religious history, political conflicts and the stories of science" (Trouw)
"As satisfying as if you had made this journey through mythology and cultural history yourself and stood on the ice-cold summit" (Algemeen Dagblad)
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"Ararat keeps you in suspense until the very end. Westerman magnificently interweaves the narrative of his personal quest with religious history, political conflicts and the stories of science" (Trouw)
"As satisfying as if you had made this journey through mythology and cultural history yourself and stood on the ice-cold summit" (Algemeen Dagblad)
A brilliant fusion of travel writing with writing about science and religious scepticism.
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- PublisherHarvill Secker
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1846550890
- ISBN 13 9781846550898
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages240
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