” Ararat” is a breathtaking journey along the fault-line between religion & science, a pilgrimage by a non-believer that takes Frank Westerman to Mount Ararat where, as biblical tradition has it, Noah`s Ark ran aground & God made his covenant with mankind. Mount Ararat is now a geographical, political & cultural crossroads, bound up with the centuries-old history of warfare between different cultures in this region. As Westerman stands at its foot it poses both a physical & a religious challenge: where is the God from my children`s bible? Who or what has taken his place? Can one free oneself of a religious upbringing? He meets geologists, priests, &, on the mountain`s high slopes, an expedition in search of the Ark`s remains. & also a Russian astronaut who observes that `there is something between heaven & earth about which we humans know nothing`. ” Ararat” is a dazzling, highly personal book about science, religion & all that lies between, by one of Europe`s most celebrated young writers.