The Hills Of Adonis
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Author: Colin Thubron
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 208
Adventurous, observant, modest, poetical, Mr Thubron is a traveller after one's own heart' Sunday Times Ostensibly this is a book about Lebanon, finely written and deeply felt - not the Lebanon which a Beirut businessman would recognize, but a coastline of small historic ports and a littoral of beautiful mountains. In this country the ruins of Phoenician, Greek and Roman are among the most impressive in the world. Crusader castles and Arab palaces stand together in the hills, and the people are a unique medley of races and religions.For five hundred miles the author walked through the mountains, following tracks and rivers. His journey was was not only a survey of a remarkable country, but a quest for the divinities of the region - Astarte and Adonis, who held the secrets of death and rebirth in the ancient cults of Lebanon. He visited almost every place of cultural importance, and lived with the people along his way, recording strange remnants left over from the religion of Baalim and high places.So The Hills of Adonis is both a travel book and a personal journal; for the quest, in its last analysis is the search for meaning, a reflection on faith and reason and a poem on the joy and complexity of living.
Author: Colin Thubron
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 208
Adventurous, observant, modest, poetical, Mr Thubron is a traveller after one's own heart' Sunday Times Ostensibly this is a book about Lebanon, finely written and deeply felt - not the Lebanon which a Beirut businessman would recognize, but a coastline of small historic ports and a littoral of beautiful mountains. In this country the ruins of Phoenician, Greek and Roman are among the most impressive in the world. Crusader castles and Arab palaces stand together in the hills, and the people are a unique medley of races and religions.For five hundred miles the author walked through the mountains, following tracks and rivers. His journey was was not only a survey of a remarkable country, but a quest for the divinities of the region - Astarte and Adonis, who held the secrets of death and rebirth in the ancient cults of Lebanon. He visited almost every place of cultural importance, and lived with the people along his way, recording strange remnants left over from the religion of Baalim and high places.So The Hills of Adonis is both a travel book and a personal journal; for the quest, in its last analysis is the search for meaning, a reflection on faith and reason and a poem on the joy and complexity of living.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Colin Thubron
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 208
Adventurous, observant, modest, poetical, Mr Thubron is a traveller after one's own heart' Sunday Times Ostensibly this is a book about Lebanon, finely written and deeply felt - not the Lebanon which a Beirut businessman would recognize, but a coastline of small historic ports and a littoral of beautiful mountains. In this country the ruins of Phoenician, Greek and Roman are among the most impressive in the world. Crusader castles and Arab palaces stand together in the hills, and the people are a unique medley of races and religions.For five hundred miles the author walked through the mountains, following tracks and rivers. His journey was was not only a survey of a remarkable country, but a quest for the divinities of the region - Astarte and Adonis, who held the secrets of death and rebirth in the ancient cults of Lebanon. He visited almost every place of cultural importance, and lived with the people along his way, recording strange remnants left over from the religion of Baalim and high places.So The Hills of Adonis is both a travel book and a personal journal; for the quest, in its last analysis is the search for meaning, a reflection on faith and reason and a poem on the joy and complexity of living.
Author: Colin Thubron
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 208
Adventurous, observant, modest, poetical, Mr Thubron is a traveller after one's own heart' Sunday Times Ostensibly this is a book about Lebanon, finely written and deeply felt - not the Lebanon which a Beirut businessman would recognize, but a coastline of small historic ports and a littoral of beautiful mountains. In this country the ruins of Phoenician, Greek and Roman are among the most impressive in the world. Crusader castles and Arab palaces stand together in the hills, and the people are a unique medley of races and religions.For five hundred miles the author walked through the mountains, following tracks and rivers. His journey was was not only a survey of a remarkable country, but a quest for the divinities of the region - Astarte and Adonis, who held the secrets of death and rebirth in the ancient cults of Lebanon. He visited almost every place of cultural importance, and lived with the people along his way, recording strange remnants left over from the religion of Baalim and high places.So The Hills of Adonis is both a travel book and a personal journal; for the quest, in its last analysis is the search for meaning, a reflection on faith and reason and a poem on the joy and complexity of living.
The Hills Of Adonis
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