But will Adam himself manage such a feat? Can he escape the prisons of the body and of the mind, and regain his love?Īfter reading both volumes, Adam's story - and our society - will look very different in the end. The code - and the key - is within the human mind. Unless we confront these illusions, we will remain slaves to the obvious and lose the greatest freedom - the freedom to create a different world. It shapes our wars and our relationships. A deeper layer, obvious and invisible, forms what we think, believe, and do. Their root cause isn't politics, capitalism, race, religion, or media. The Book - Adam's journal from a foreign prison - promises to cure the divisions that plague the world. Meanwhile in his library, Toito the philosopher calls into question everything there is to believe about Adam - and our world. But a series of mysterious paintings lead him on a winding journey from Cambridge through a Faustian bargain to the edge of reason. Adam, who will one day write the Book, is a young PhD student torn between love and his obsession - coding an algorithm to sift the world's data and find God, dead or alive. Let me clarify: I grew up believing that real love stories include a martyr or demand great sacrifice to be worthy. In the Story, an aging philosopher tells the tale of the Book - a tale of love that spans centuries, continents, and precious texts. A genre-bending, mind-altering novel about the illusions that make up our world.įlock Without Birds comes in two volumes, with neither one first or second - it's up to the reader to start with the Story or the Book. The New Zealand Sheepbreeders Association administers the affairs for those breeds of sheep currently under its umbrella whilst actively promoting the stud.
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