Ishmael:A Novel
ISBN-13:
9780553375404
ISBN-10:
0553375407
Edition:
Reissue
Author:
Daniel Quinn
Publication date:
1995
Publisher:
Bantam
Format:
Paperback
263 pages
Category:
Science Fiction & Fantasy
,
Literature & Fiction
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ISBN-13:
9780553375404
ISBN-10:
0553375407
Edition:
Reissue
Author:
Daniel Quinn
Publication date:
1995
Publisher:
Bantam
Format:
Paperback
263 pages
Category:
Science Fiction & Fantasy
,
Literature & Fiction
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Ishmael:A Novel (ISBN-13: 9780553375404 and ISBN-10: 0553375407), written by authors
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One of the most beloved and bestselling novels of spiritual adventure ever published, Ishmael has earned a passionate following among readers and critics alike. This special twenty-fifth anniversary edition features a new foreword and afterword by the author, as well as an excerpt from My Ishmael.
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. 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?
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
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. 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?
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
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Jul 11, 2023
This book is for anyone with a sincere desire to save the world.
This book is so good. I've bought several copies already because I can't stop sharing it.
After my first time reading, this became my favorite book, only replaced by the sequels and Quinn's latest book "Beyond Civilization." With this first book, Daniel Quinn ignites a light in people to think about our current way of living and alternative ways of living that support people better and do less harm to biodiversity on this planet.
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