The Hills of Adonis: A Journey in Lebanon by Colin Thubron

The Hills of Adonis: A Journey in Lebanon by Colin ThubronFor 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. 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

'Even in the stillness of that dead-cold weather

keep her family together

an escaped convict with a false passport who flees maximum security prison in Australia for the teeming streets of a city where he can disappear

hunched creature that keeps its own secrets buried by a riverbank: the undiscovered killer Cyrus Nairn

he'd be wrong

and you will have made something of your life

a recent arrival from Virginia

The Museum of Modern Art

science corrupted by politics

transsexuality

men prefer overweight women to underweight women

With the hand of a master