Ishmael: A Novel by Daniel Quinn 25th Anniversary Edition

Ishmael, a novel by Daniel Quinn, is the twenty-fifth anniversary edition. It features a new foreword by the author. The book explores humanity's origins and its relationship with nature. "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 ISHMAEL A Novel 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION Daniel Quinn Author of THE STORY OF B WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR 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 Ishmael, an utterly unique and captivating novel that has earned a large and passionate following among readers and critics alike—one of the most beloved and bestselling novels of spiritual adventure ever published. This special twenty-fifth anniversary edition features a new foreword by the author. 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? "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 ishmael.org A BANTAM BOOKS TRADE PAPERBACK Cover design: Marietta Anatassatos Cover art: Tim Jacobus Find your next great read, and get the latest on our books and authors. Sign up for the Random House newsletter. randomhousebooks.com