Ishmael is a novel that has quietly changed the way many readers think about civilisation. It has influenced their views on progress and humanity’s relationship with the natural world. Framed as a series of conversations, it poses deceptively simple questions with far-reaching implications.
Daniel Quinn challenges the stories modern societies tell themselves about dominance, growth and inevitability. The book is accessible, provocative and often unsettling.
Readers often argue with it. Sometimes they agree with it. Occasionally, they do both at once. This makes it particularly well-suited to collective discussion.
This is a book that lingers, inviting readers to re-examine long-held assumptions long after the final page.
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