Paperback 112 Pages Publisher Scribner Book Company Published Jan 2006 (First Published in 1970)
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ISBN-10: 0743278909
ISBN-13: 9780743278904
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This is a story for people who follow their hearts and make their own rules, people who get special pleasure out of doing something well, even if only for themselves, people who know there’s more to this “living” than meets the eye: they’ll be right there with Jonathan, flying higher and faster than ever they dreamed.
Most gulls don’t bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight–how to get from shore to food and back again,” writes author Richard Bach, in this allegory about a unique bird named Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
“For most gulls it is not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight.” Flight is indeed the metaphor that makes the story soar. Ultimately this is a fable about the importance of seeking a higher purpose in life, even if your flock, tribe or neighbourhood finds your ambition threatening. (At one point our beloved gull is even banished from his flock.) By not compromising his higher vision, Jonathan gets the ultimate pay-off: transcendence. Ultimately, he learns the meaning of love and kindness.
Customer Reviews
Twenty four copies later by C. Murray (North East, UK)
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“I have just ordered my twenty-fourth copy of this book! Having read it so many times over 15 years, I have worn out most copies – the rest I have bought for other people. It was the book that changed my life. Whenever circumstances in my life have led me to ponder life itself, this book has been my ‘bible’ of inspiration.
Sometimes it will inspire, sometimes it will make you cry – releasing the grief and stress of your life. Whatever it does to you, one day this book will hit you between the eyes. You might read it at the wrong time of your life and it may mean nothing, but I guarantee that one day, this book will make sense and change your total outlook on life forever. After that, it’s just good to re-read to top-up with the positive vibes. Read, absorb and move forward. Re-read, rise higher and fly free. “
Superlative, uplifting, genre defining by Emma Smith (Wales)
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“Absolutely superb work by Bach. Extremely short novel, an easy afternoon read. Despite its length it is immensely powerful and has had a deep impact on all the people I know who have read it.
Oh, and it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t look like it’s the kind of thing you would normally read (basically, whatever you normally read, this isn’t like it); it seems to have the same effect on everyone, regardless of taste.
I would urge anyone who has a grasp of the English language to read this book. “
Please let me do my own thing!!!! by Jennifer Taylor (East Midlands UK)
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“I was given this book when my father died. I was told it was “spiritual” and would help me through my bereavement.
Not to give the plot away, it is about Jonathan a young seagull who unlike other seagulls does not want to live on the scraps and rest up on the beach. He wants to the best FLYING seagull the world’s ever seen and being a good Flier he knows how to dive into the sea and get the best fish. As a result he is “shunned” by all the other seagulls.
You may not feel it is “spiritual” or “inspirational” but it made me think that I am an individual. It should appeal to the Jonathan that lives within us all. That IF!!! we only listen to our inner self; we would realise that often the only thing stops us turning our dreams and hope into reality is ourselves.
JLS… Fly high, Fly Straight, Find P E A C E …
A brilliant read,,,,go on treat yourself buy it!!!! “
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