One of the most beloved and bestselling novels of spiritual adventure ever published, Ishmael has earned a passionate following. This special twenty-fifth anniversary edition features a new foreword and afterword by the author.

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

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It was just a three-line ad in the personals section, but it launched the adventure of a lifetime.

So begins an utterly unique and captivating novel. It is the story of a man who embarks on a highly provocative intellectual adventure with a gorillaa journey of the mind and spirit that changes forever the way he sees the world and humankinds place in it.

In Ishmael, which received the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship for the best work of fiction offering positive solutions to global problems, Daniel Quinn parses humanitys origins and its relationship with nature, in search of an answer to this challenging question: How can we save the world from ourselves?

Explore Daniel Quinns spiritual Ishmael trilogy:
ISHMAEL MY ISHMAEL THE STORY OF B

Praise for Ishmael

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 were halfway through this slim book . . . were in [Daniel Quinns] 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 Dinosaurs 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

One of the most beloved and bestselling novels of spiritual adventure ever published,Ishmaelhas earned a passionate following. This special twenty-fifth anniversary edition features a new foreword and afterword by the author.

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

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 an utterly unique and captivating novel. It is the story of a man who embarks on a highly provocative intellectual adventure with a gorillaa journey of the mind and spirit that changes forever the way he sees the world and humankinds place in it.

InIshmael, which received the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship for the best work of fiction offering positive solutions to global problems, Daniel Quinn parses humanitys origins and its relationship with nature, in search of an answer to this challenging question: How can we save the world from ourselves?

Explore Daniel Quinns spiritualIshmaeltrilogy:
ISHMAEL MY ISHMAEL THE STORY OF B

Praise forIshmael

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 were halfway through this slim book . . . were in [Daniel Quinns] 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 Dinosaurs Prayer: Lord, a little more time!Ishmaeldoes its bit to answer that prayer and may just possibly have bought us all a little more time.Los Angeles Times