Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
The book tells the story of Jonathan Livingston, a seagull who is bored with the daily squabbles over food and is seized by a passion for flight. He pushes himself, learning everything he can about flying, to the point of being ostracized from his flock. He becomes an extremely high flyer, and meets other gulls who have been ostracized for not conforming. The story is about self-perfection and self-sacrifice for the sake of a higher purpose, symbolizing the pursuit of perfection in some form.
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This book is on the following lists:
- 46th on 100 Books of Classical and Modern Foreign Literature (The Union of Russian Writers)
- 179th on The Big Read (BBC)
- 370th on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
- 425th on The 500 best books of all time from Culture Café users (Culture Café)
- 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library (The Telegraph)
- 50 Best Cult Books (Telegraph)