Ararat

Resumen del libro

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'.

Biografía del autor

Durante los últimos cinco años, Frank Westerman (1964) vivió y trabajó en Moscú como escritor y periodista. Su libro anterior, De Graanrepubliek, fue galardonado con el Premio Dr. Lou de Jong de historia contemporánea. Ha obtenido numerosos galardones por sus obras Ingenieros del alma y El Negro y yo. Ararat ha sido nominado para el premio neerlandés de literatura AKO en el 2007.