Ararat

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<p>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'.</p><p>Ararat is a dazzling, highly personal book about science, religion and all that lies between, by one of Europe's most celebrated young writers.</p>

Autorenportrait

Frank Westerman was born in 1964 and lived and worked in Moscow from 1997 to 2002 as correspondent for the leading Dutch<i>NRC Handelsblad</i>newspaper. Westerman is the author of five highly praised books. His work has been published in more than ten languages and has won many prizes.

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