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090112s1987 ||||||||||||||||||||eng|u |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780099532286 |
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20170126094949.0 |
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30999 |
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| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Thubron, Colin, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1939- |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The hills of Adonis : |
| Remainder of title |
a journey in Lebanon. |
| VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
The hills of Adonis : a quest in Lebanon |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
London : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Vintage Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c1987. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
201 p. : |
| Other physical details |
maps, ports ; |
| Dimensions |
20 cm. |
| GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Previous ed.: London : Heinemann, 1968. Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
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 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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Thubron, Colin, 1939- |
| General subdivision |
Journeys |
| Geographic subdivision |
Lebanon. |
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Aphrodite (Greek deity) |
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| Geographic name |
Lebanon |
| General subdivision |
Description and travel. |
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REGULAR |