Though hardly any plot to speak of lies behind this long dialogue, Quinn's smooth style and his intriguing proposals should hold the attention of readers interested in the daunting dilemmas that beset our planet. Ishmael, the extraordinary gorilla teacher of ecology, life, & freedom. Quinn also traces these problems back to the agricultural revolution and offers a provocative rereading of the biblical stories of Genesis. Welcome to the home base for the novel Ishmael, the extraordinary gorilla teacher, and his creator, author Daniel Quinn. Despite some gross oversimplifications, Quinn's ideas are fairly convincing it's hard not to agree that unrestrained population growth and an obsession with conquest and control of the environment are among the key issues of our times. Through Ishmael, Quinn offers a wide-ranging if highly general examination of the history of our civilization, illuminating the assumptions and philosophies at the heart of many global problems. The bulk of the book consists entirely of philosophical dialogues between gorilla and man, on the model of Plato's Republic. 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.

Apply in person.'') and thereby meets a wise, learned gorilla named Ishmael that can communicate telepathically. Ishmael is a gorilla who was captured in the wild as a youth and has spent his adult life in various forms of captivity.

The unnamed narrator is a disillusioned modern writer who answers a personal ad (``Teacher seeks pupil. The titular character, an old, experienced, and intelligent gorilla who teaches the narrator about civilization, the environment, and history. In this video, I'll be diving into the story, discussing the. Quinn ( Dreamer ) won the Turner Tomorrow Award's half-million-dollar first prize for this fascinating and odd book-not a novel by any conventional definition-which was written 13 years ago but could not find a publisher. BookLab book review of the classic philosophical novel Ishmael by Daniel Quinn.

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