Jonathan Livingston Seagull | Related Titles/Adaptations
Bach relates his messiah theme in two other best-selling books. Jonathan can be likened to a messiah, but Donald Shimoda in Illusions: Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah is directly called that name, and Bach's wife, Leslie Parrish in The Bridge Across Forever: A Love Story is a new kind of messiah, a "soul-mate."
Illusions depicts the messianic characteristics as they would appear in a barnstorming pilot. Shimoda, for instance, speaks philosophically, and his windshield is always clean. The book's style is much more polished than Jonathan Livingston...
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