| Titre : | Ishmael | | Type de document : | texte imprimé | | Auteurs : | Daniel Quinn, Auteur | | Editeur : | New York : Bantam/Turner Book | | Année de publication : | 1995 | | Importance : | 1 vol. (263 p.) | | Présentation : | couv. ill. en coul. | | Format : | 21 cm | | ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-553-37540-4 | | Prix : | 10.95 USD | | Langues : | Anglais (eng) | | Index. décimale : | 813/.54 | | Résumé : | 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? |
Ishmael [texte imprimé] / Daniel Quinn, Auteur . - New York : Bantam/Turner Book, 1995 . - 1 vol. (263 p.) : couv. ill. en coul. ; 21 cm. ISBN : 978-0-553-37540-4 : 10.95 USD Langues : Anglais ( eng) | Index. décimale : | 813/.54 | | Résumé : | 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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