Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

by Richard Bach

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.

• ISBN10: 0330253557
• ISBN13: 9780330253550
• Publish Date: 20 April 1979 (first published 1 January 1977)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 10 July 1992
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Imprint: Pan Books
• Edition: New edition
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 144
• Language: English

Reviews

[ladygrey]

I read this *years* ago when I was a kid and don't remember liking it much. But I also don't remember hating it which is what I expected to do. So, one star for remembering that I put it back on the bookshelf thinking, "Well, I guess I'm glad I've read that so at least now and I know and I never have to read it again."