Ishmael: A novel (Ishmael Series)
Littérature générale (romans), Aventure (récits)
Audio avec voix humaine
Résumé
One of the most beloved and bestselling novels of spiritual adventure ever published, Ishmael has earned a passionate following. This special twenty-fifth anniversary edition features a new foreword and afterword by the author. &“A thoughtful, fearlessly low-key novel about the… role of our species on the planet . . . laid out for us with an originality and a clarity that few would deny.&”— The New York Times Book Review Teacher Seeks Pupil. Must have an earnest desire to save the world. Apply in person. It was just a three-line ad in the personals section, but it launched the adventure of a lifetime. So begins an utterly unique and captivating novel. It is the story of a man who embarks on a highly provocative intellectual adventure with a gorilla—a journey of the mind and spirit that changes forever the way he sees the world and humankind&’s place in it. In Ishmael , which received the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship for the best work of fiction offering positive solutions to global problems, Daniel Quinn parses humanity&’s origins and its relationship with nature, in search of an answer to this challenging question: How can we save the world from ourselves? Explore Daniel Quinn&’s spiritual Ishmael trilogy, available on audio: ISHMAEL • MY ISHMAEL • THE STORY OF B Praise for Ishmael &“As suspenseful, inventive, and socially urgent as any fiction or nonfiction you are likely to read this or any other year.&” — The Austin Chronicle &“Before we&’re halfway through this slim book . . . we&’re in [Daniel Quinn&’s] grip, we want Ishmael to teach us how to save the planet from ourselves. We want to change our lives.&” — The Washington Post &“Arthur Koestler, in an essay in which he wondered whether mankind would go the way of the dinosaur, formulated what he called the Dinosaur&’s Prayer: &‘Lord, a little more time!&’ Ishmael does its bit to answer that prayer and may just possibly have bought us all a little more time.&” — Los Angeles Times