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Not sure why but this Novel is often categorized as New Age Fiction. The story concerns a narrator who answers an add in a local newspaper that states "Teacher seeks Pupil," and he accepts the challenge of becoming that pupil and just appears at the place specified. The most startling aspect of his apprenticeship though is that the teacher is a gorilla named Ishmael. Although we never really learn who put the Gorilla in this multi-story office building, that's not the point. The story consists of a conversation between the Gorilla and the narrator, often a monologue -but it holds our attention. The narrator begins with the question: "With man gone will there be hope for Gorilla?" But we end with a very different question: What will our lives, our existence be if/when we have destroyed the planet and eliminated species like the Gorilla? Ultimately, the narrator learns that we get to choose our future based on our values, based on our intentions, based on our deliberate actions. Written in 1992, this book is more prescient than ever, because the dangers to our planet have never been greater.
Here is one of my favorite passages:
"There's nothing fundamentally wrong with people. Given a story to enact that puts them in accord with the world, they will act in accord with the world. But given a story to enact that puts them at odds with the world, as yours does, they will live at odds with the world. Given a story to enact in which they are lords of the world, they will act like lords of the world. And, given a story to enact in which the world is a foe to be conquered, they will conquer it like a foe, and one day, inevitably, their foe will like bleeding to death at their feet, as the world is now." p. 84.


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IshmaelA Novel Daniel Quinn 8601401253082 Books Reviews

I haven't read for pleasure in probably 10 years and this book was recommended a few times by friends. I went into it not really sure what to expect. I don't think I've ever read something so profound yet casual. I knew from the short synopsis that it had to do with some philosophic and high level ideas but I didn't expect it to be explained so casually and wrapped up in the package of an interesting, yet simple, narrative.

I immediately bought the other two books in the series.
I really really like this book. Thought provoking and insightful, compassionate and compelling. And of course a narrating gorilla. Provokes the reader into thinking about what humanity is doing, where we are going, and what space we are leaving and creating for other forms of life. I'd recommend this book to any environmentalist, fans of Socratic dialogue and teachers who want to present some complex concepts about our modern civilized society in a slightly more palatable form that your typical non fiction essays.
This fascinating novel consists almost entirely in a telepathic Platonic-like dialog between a non-human (a gorilla) who plays the role of Socrates and his pupil, who is the narrator of the story. The gorilla criticizes the human race for their belief that the goal of creation was for humans to step out of evolution and lord it over the rest of Creation. No other animal makes war. No other animal destroys the ecosystem. I think this is also the theme of Moby Dick, which is about a human named Ishmael. While reading I kept thinking of D. H. Lawrence’s suggestion that the highest a human being can strive for is to simply be a good animal.
The most interesting part of the book is it’s reinterpretation of the Adam and Eve story. Instead of spending their lives under the Tree of Life, they sinfully ate from the forbidden Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, making it possible for them to replace the gods in determining the fate of all the rest of the creation. This original sin made it possible for us to have smart phones, TVs, indoor plumbing, and airplanes, but it also has led us into an inauthentic existence full of meaningless, feelings of insufficiency, and constant anxiety. The primordial hunter-gatherers were far happier. They had plenty to eat, worked only a few hours a day, and didn’t worry about tomorrow. Yet we cling to the things that make us miserable as we spend, take more than we need, and decimate the planet.
THIS IS A WARNING REVIEW

Twice this week I have ordered this to get the 25th Anniversary edition and twice now I am having to process a return. The book deserves all the praise you will read on it. There's nothing knew I can add to why it deserves high praise. That is why 5 stars.

BUT, if you want the new edition with the extra content, you won't get what is advertised here, at least not right now (regardless of what an agent tells you, as I learned the hard way just now).

The old edition is great, so if you don't mind getting that version, then all is fine.

had promised on on the first order this was a rare mistake and the new stock was up and that if I ordered again, I would get what is being advertised here. So this is a heads up for those buying another copy of this book to get the new edition. They are not sending the edition you see advertised here. The photo you see is from the second order this week, which was supposed to be a replacement for the first order that sent me the wrong edition and I was told would the error would not repeat if I ordered again.
Not sure why but this Novel is often categorized as New Age Fiction. The story concerns a narrator who answers an add in a local newspaper that states "Teacher seeks Pupil," and he accepts the challenge of becoming that pupil and just appears at the place specified. The most startling aspect of his apprenticeship though is that the teacher is a gorilla named Ishmael. Although we never really learn who put the Gorilla in this multi-story office building, that's not the point. The story consists of a conversation between the Gorilla and the narrator, often a monologue -but it holds our attention. The narrator begins with the question "With man gone will there be hope for Gorilla?" But we end with a very different question What will our lives, our existence be if/when we have destroyed the planet and eliminated species like the Gorilla? Ultimately, the narrator learns that we get to choose our future based on our values, based on our intentions, based on our deliberate actions. Written in 1992, this book is more prescient than ever, because the dangers to our planet have never been greater.
Here is one of my favorite passages
"There's nothing fundamentally wrong with people. Given a story to enact that puts them in accord with the world, they will act in accord with the world. But given a story to enact that puts them at odds with the world, as yours does, they will live at odds with the world. Given a story to enact in which they are lords of the world, they will act like lords of the world. And, given a story to enact in which the world is a foe to be conquered, they will conquer it like a foe, and one day, inevitably, their foe will like bleeding to death at their feet, as the world is now." p. 84.