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Paradise Lust: Searching For The Garden Of Eden (2011)

by Brook Wilensky-Lanford(Favorite Author)

3.47 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0802119808 (ISBN13: 9780802119803)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Grove Press

review 1: I don't know which part of the book I enjoyed more: the survey of the widely varying philosophical, anthropological, geologic or theological descriptions of the Garden of Eden; or, the capsulized biographies of the equally disparate men from diverse backgrounds who propounded them. Wilensky-Lanford writes with evident pleasure for her subject and a nicely flowing, readable style, flavoured at times with humour and a wry sense of the absurd. (See the tongue-in-cheek story of the Tree of Knowledge in Qurna, chapter 7). Great read.
review 2: Who hasn't heard about the ventures of mankind to find the place that went down in history as Garden of Eden. Paradise Lust: Searching For The Garden Of Eden presents a comprehensive overview of theories on where this elusiv... moree place might have been and how people have been literally lusting after the answer to this question.So where was Eden? The North Pole? Ohio? China? Or Mesopotamia after all? Brook Wilensky-Lanford goes on a modern quest which is both informative and at the same time wonderfully entertaining, a fascinating journey that is at the same time smart and full of wit, a perfect combination of being well researched and told in a conversational style that will make this book fun for every reader interested in the subject.With a focus on both famous, and sometimes not so famous, seekers that tried to unravel the mystery of the exact position of the Garden of Eden, the reader meets William Warren and Friedrich Delitzsch, among many others, and in the end Brook also comes to her very own conclusion on where Eden might have been and her answer might be surprising.And maybe we should also look at it from this side – paradise isn't paradise until it's lost. What would happen if we truly found it? Would we be overjoyed? Or merely disappointed?In short: A wonderful guide book on the age old quest to find the Garden of Eden! less

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