The Hills Of Adonis

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<p>For four months and five hundred miles Colin Thubron walked the mountains of Lebanon, following tracks and rivers. His journey was not only a survey of a remarkable country, but a quest for the gods and divinities who held the secrets of death and rebirth in the land's ancient cults.</p><p>He visited almost every place of cultural importance, and lived with the people along his way, recording a country of outstanding natural scenery, rich with a unique medley of races and religions.</p><p><i>The Hills of Adonis</i>is both a travel book and a personal journal; for the quest is the search for meaning, a reflection on faith and reason and a poem on the joy and complexity of living.</p>

Autorenportrait

Colin Thubron is an acknowledged master of travel writing, and the winner of many prizes and awards. His first writing was about the Middle East - Damascus, Lebanon and Cyprus. In 1982 he travelled into the Soviet Union in an ancient Morris Marina, pursued by the KGB, a journey he recorded in<i>Among the Russians</i>. From these early experiences developed his classic travel books:<i>Behind the Wall</i>(winner of the Hawthornden Prize and the Thomas Cook Travel Award),<i>The Lost Heart of Asia</i>,<i>In Siberia</i>(Prix Bouvier) and<i>Shadow of the Silk Road</i>(all available in Vintage). In 2010 Colin Thubron became President the Royal Society of Literature.

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