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Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Audio Cassette (Abridged)
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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?
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Rebecca W. (
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book will give you a whole new way to look at your life and the life our culture tells us is good. You will end up with more questions than answers, but the questions are a place to start. Let Ishmael be your teacher and come along on the journey.
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Fascinating book! The premise is off-beat, to say the least, but the wisdom imparted by the unusual scholar was insightful. I couldn't put this one down.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Hippie book about saving the world, and talking to a monkey
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
if you believe a miracle is a change in perception, than this book is a miracle. I used to think the world will be wonderful when we have all blended into one color... now I see how diveristy makes strenght and in a way, keeping diversity is a way heal our challenged earth.
Nancy M. (
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I love books that make you think- and this one does!!!!!
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book a quick read with subtle political commentary.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
A very interesting thought experiment. Great if you like philosophy or history.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Excellent. I went on to read every book I could find by this author.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
A telepathic ape imparts his wisdom to a young man.
Odd, but interesting.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Good ideas that we should follow.
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Very powerful read. I still think about it often. However I think it could have all been said it half the text.
Leslie R. (I've read all of Daniel Quinn's books. Read this when it came out years ago have owned many copies, always find someone to give them to. Love the story the movie did not really do justice to book but it was good. I recommend The Holy & Story of B as well. Takers? ;-)
I only read this book to accomplish an author from every letter of the alphabet. Just not my cup of tea.
An unusual and exceptional book, with many ideas to contemplate.
I was interested in this book at first, but I could not get into it. I finished it and it got better towards the end. Interesting premise.
not as good as any derrick jensen commentaries on modern culture and the destruction of the world for our own selfish and unnecessary purposes, but should be required reading for anyone with a soul. if this were required reading or even a continuing curriculum material in schools MEYABE people would start to live with a little more responsible outlook on life and the world we live in....
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