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Illusions:

192 pages

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.

About the author:
Richard David Bach (born 23 June 1936 in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American writer. He is widely known as the author of the hugely popular 1970s best-sellers Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, and others. His books espouse his philosophy that our apparent physical limits and mortality are merely appearance. He claims to be a direct descendant of Johann Sebastian Bach.    He attended Long Beach State College in 1955 and  has pursued flying as a hobby since the age of 17.   He attended Long Beach State College in 1955.  He served in the United States Navy Reserve, then later in the New Jersey Air National Guard's 108th Fighter Wing, 141st Fighter Squadron (USAF) as a F-84Fpilot.   Afterwards, he worked a variety of jobs, including technical writer for Douglas Aircraft and contributing editor for Flying magazine. He served in the USAF reserve deployed in France in 1960. He later became a barnstormer.  He is therefore noted for his love of flying and for his books related to air flight and flying in a metaphorical context.  Most of his books involve flight in some way, from the early stories which are straightforwardly about flying aircraft, to Stranger to the Ground, his first book, to his later works, in which he used flight as a philosophical metaphor.  (Jonathan Livingston Seagull is a story about a seagull who flew for the love of flying rather than merely to catch food).

Customer Reviews:

This is such a great classic that should be in every personal library or on every bedside table. It is the kind of book that you can read many times
(once a year?) and enjoy as much as you did the first time. Simple, prolific messages written in an entertaining manner. As the book cover says, it is
"a great way of looking at life".