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Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
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Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah Mass market paperbound - 1989

by Bach, Richard

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From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" comes a light-hearted, inspirational account of an encounter with a modern-day messiah. In "Illusions", Bach takes to the air to discover the ageless truths that make our souls fly, showing that people don't need airplanes to soar, and that messiahs can be found everywhere.

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Random House Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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  • Title Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
  • Author Bach, Richard
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition ZZZ
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Random House Publishing Group, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1989-10-10
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP29693020
  • ISBN 9780440204886 / 0440204887
  • Weight 0.2 lbs (0.09 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.7 x 4.16 x 0.6 in (17.02 x 10.57 x 1.52 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Messiah, Action and adventure fiction
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

This is Bach's follow-up to Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Flight still plays a role, but this time it's people in airplanes. It's a somewhat lighthearted philosophical piece that was cutting edge at the time and still holds up pretty well. We're all children of god, and the material world is illusion.

First line

1. There was a Master come unto the earth, born in the holy land of Indiana, raised in the mystical hills east of Fort Wayne.

From the jacket flap

In the cloud-washed airspace between the cornfields of Illinois and blue infinity, a man puts his faith in the propeller of his biplane. For disillusioned writer and itinerant barnstormer Richard Bach, belief is as real as a full tank of gas and sparks firing in the cylinders...until he meets Donald Shimoda--former mechanic and self-described messiah who can make wrenches fly and Richard's imagination soar....
In "Illusions, the unforgettable follow-up to his phenomenal bestseller "Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach takes to the air to discover the ageless truths that give our souls wings: that people don't need airplanes to soar...that even the darkest clouds have meaning once we lift ourselves above them... and that messiahs can be found in the unlikeliest places--like hay fields, one-traffic-light midwestern towns, and most of all, deep within ourselves.

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About the author

Richard Bach is the author of Stranger to the Ground, Biplane, Nothing by Chance, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, A Gift of Wings, Illusions, There's No Such Place as Far Away, The Bridge Across Forever, One, and Running from Safety.