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- Verlag: Random House Audio; Auflage: Abridged (1. Mai 1995)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0553470523
- ISBN-13: 978-0553470529
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,8 x 13,5 x 2 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.2 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (305 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.495.888 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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From Kirkus Reviews
Here's the novel that, out of 2500 submissions, won the ecological-minded Turner Tomorrow Award--and caused a mutiny among the judges when it was awarded the $500,000 first prize. Is it that good--or bad? No, but it's certainly unusual, even eccentric, enough to place Quinn (the paperback Dreamer, 1988) on the cult literary map.
What's most unusual is that this novel scarcely is one: beneath a thin narrative glaze, it's really a series of Socratic dialogues between man and ape, with the ape as Socrates. The nameless man, who narrates, answers a newspaper ad (``TEACHER seeks pupil...'') that takes him to a shabby office tenanted by a giant gorilla; lo! the ape begins to talk to him telepathically (Quinn's failure to explain this ability is typical of his approach: idea supersedes story). Over several days, the ape, Ishmael, as gruff as his Greek model, drags the man into a new understanding of humanity's place in the world. In a nutshell, Ishmael argues that humanity has evolved two ways of living: There are the ``Leavers,'' or hunter-gatherers (e.g., Bushmen), who live in harmony with the rest of life; and there are the ``Takers'' (our civilization), who arose with the agricultural revolution, aim to conquer the rest of life, and are destroying it in the process. Takers, Ishmael says, have woven a ``story'' to rationalize their conquest; central to this story is the idea that humanity is flawed--e.g., as told in the Bible. But not so, Ishmael proclaims; only the Taker way is flawed: Leavers offer a method for living well in the world ... A washout as a story, with zero emotional punch; but of substantial intellectual appeal as the extensive Q&A passages (despite their wild generalities and smug self-assurance) invariably challenge and provoke: both Socrates and King Kong might be pleased. -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Taschenbuch .
From Library Journal
Winner of the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship, a literary competition intended to foster works of fiction that present positive solutions to global problems, this book offers proof that good ideas do not necessarily equal good literature. Ishmael, a gorilla rescued from a traveling show who has learned to reason and communicate, uses these skills to educate himself in human history and culture. Through a series of philosophical conversations with the unnamed narrator, a disillusioned Sixties idealist, Ishmael lays out a theory of what has gone wrong with human civilization and how to correct it, a theory based on the tenet that humanity belongs to the planet rather than vice versa. While the message is an important one, Quinn rarely goes beyond a didactic exposition of his argument, never quite succeeding in transforming idea into art. Despite this, heavy publicity should create demand. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 10/15/91.
- Lawrence Rungren, Bedford Free P.L., Mass.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
- Lawrence Rungren, Bedford Free P.L., Mass.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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If every person on this planet would read this book, our planet would actually be a pleasant place to live in. In this well-written piece of "fiction", Daniel Quinn explains his theory of the emergence of civilization and its logical consequences.
Ishmael, a gorilla who lives in a flat and is offering seminar lessons, expresses his view on humans. From this humorous perspective, Daniel Quinn goes back to the roots of civilization. He examines the early chapters of the Bible, offers alternative meanings and explanations. He explains the differences between tribalism and modern civilization, but does not tell the reader how to life (he attempts that in one of his later works, "Beyond Civilization").
If you read this book you will understand why you are the way society has made you. If everybody reads this book and uses the knowledge gained (subconsciously) to teach the next generation, humanity may still have the hope not to destroy itself. A must-read for every human being who might raise kids.
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While reading the reviews of this book, I was overwhelmed with the number of responses as well as the extremes in the ratings of Ishmael. The fact that a book can generate such extremes in opinions says quite a bit about the power of the book. I read this book for a philosophy class in college-- and am forever grateful that I did. It completely changed the way I viewed the world- and brought further understanding to a favorite bumper sticker of mine: 'if you're not outraged, you're not paying attention'. The point is, I am paying attention, and I am outraged. However, I am left to wonder, what now? I feel like now, I KNOW something I didn't know before, yet the point Quinn made in the beginning remains true. Even with this new found knowledge, I won't be saving the world from itself tomorrow. Instead I will get out of bed and go to a mundane job, like far too many other people out there. I will continue on in this Taker culture, because there is not the option to drop out of society and live the way of the Leavers. This book opened my eyes to so much I had never seen, yet when all was said and done, I am frustrated and left without a thing to do with my outrage. I wonder if the people who gave this book one star read the same book I did. It seems to me as if they completely missed the point.
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There are good books that are great to read, and there are paradigm shifters with critical messages. Ishmael is the latter. I read a lot, but I rarely recommend books to friends. I have, however, been adamant that they read Ishmael.
We live from day-to-day, unaware of our cultural mythology that tells us it's OK to keep consuming, destroying the environment, producing more food and multiplying our population at insanely unhealthy levels. It's a mythology folks! Quinn isn't saying that humanity is BAD, and that there are no solutions; rather, he's encouraging us to understand that our current way of functioning exists in a mythological construct, and that "our culture" is only one of tens of thousands of cultures that have existed on earth ... almost all of them in harmony with nature.
We can create a new culture with a new vision. That's his message.
To all those who scream about how horrible the book is, face your fear. Face the reality of your day-to-day decisions. Face the truth of environmental desecration. Don't blame the messenger when you don't like the message.
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Outstanding. Mind-blowing. A maieutic ape teaches man.
Because how I live changes over time, I chose to read this book a second time. It's about Ishmael and Alan, former a maieutic teacher-gorilla, the latter a forty-two year old,... Lesen Sie weiter...
Vor 18 Monaten von KalyanaMitrah veröffentlicht
Humanity through the eyes of an animal
The author succesfully unites philosophy and a good story.
I can tell you what the story obviously is about.
But not on the philosopic level. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 27. August 2004 veröffentlicht
An important message, that's often ignored
How did the world get to be this way? What is it all leading up to? Daniel Quinn tells us an impressive story about ourselves and our relation to nature and the world. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. August 2001 von Acidalia
neither/nor
First of all, this is not a "novel." Nor is it "an adventure of the mind and soul" (at least not for my unadventurous mind and soul). Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 27. Juli 2000 von Dave
A very good book with an important lesson.
While reading through most of the already present reviews before I read this book, I found many of the following words or phrases: tedious, boring, long, no plot, and plain stupid. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 23. Juli 2000 veröffentlicht
A new perspective from a unheard from voice!
This was a wonderful read, very refreshing and thought provoking. Learning the REAL life lessons and history of the world from the Voice of a Gorrilla. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 11. Juli 2000 von seeker
Our headlong rush to catastrophe
Quinn provides an unusual mix of novel, philosophy, religion, history, and science to try to wake our culture up to the fact that we are rushing headlong to the catastrophe of... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 7. Juli 2000 von David Dusenbery
Good or bad, it's worth reading
Quinn provides many new and fresh ideas to the way we as people are living our lives and where they are going. Even if you didn't like the book, it makes you think. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 2. Juli 2000 von Bart Leslie
how we can get back thinking about how it all started!
Simply want to say that this has nbeen an enlightning reading. We forgot the way life could be different and why for. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 23. Juni 2000 veröffentlicht
Socratic dialog with gorilla!
The use of Socratic dialog with Ishmael, is a clever way to engage the reader in Quinn's view about the role and origin of agrarian culture in our environmental crisis. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 16. Juni 2000 von Gary Sprandel
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