Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
by Daniel Quinn
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Author: Daniel QuinnEdition: Paperback
Published: 1995-07-01
ISBN: 0553375407
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Bantam
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Book Review: excellent read but lacks depth
Summary: 4 Stars
I enjoyed reading this book, which is full of urgent arguments about the human race's past and future, making it clear that there is something deeply wrong with the world as it presently is, and that dramatic change is required if we are to survive and prosper as a species. However, since it's a work of fiction, the author is free to speculate and theorise without providing any real back up for his assertions. Much the same ground is covered in a much more satisfying and powerful way by Steve Taylor in The Fall, which works as an excellent non-fiction companion to this book, and in many ways improves on it. The Fall: The Evidence for a Golden Age, 6,000 years of Insanity and the Dawning of a New Era
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The narrator of this extraordinary tale is a man??in search for truth. He answers an ad in a local??newspaper from a teacher looking for serious??pupils, only to find himself alone in an abandoned??office with a full-grown gorilla who is nibbling??delicately on a slender branch. "You are the??teacher?" he asks incredulously. "I am??the teacher," the gorilla replies. Ishmael is??a creature of immense wisdom and he has a story??to tell, one that no other human being has ever??heard. It is a story that extends backward and??forward over the lifespan of the earth from the birth??of time to a future there is still time save.??Like all great teachers, Ishmael refuses to make the??lesson easy; he demands the final illumination to??come from within ourselves. Is it man's destiny??to rule the world? Or is it a higher destiny??possible for him-- one more wonderful than he has ever??imagined?General Books
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