ARARAT VINTAGE — FRANK WESTERMAN

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 Yayınevi VINTAGE Yazar FRANK WESTERMAN Dil İNGİLİZCE Sayfa Sayısı 240 SAYFA Yıl 2012