This book was considered visionary and spiritually enlightening back in the day it still holds considerable power to move the reader, but doesn’t feel as strong to me in 2018 as it did in 1980.
Select the department you want to search in. Their work, their art, their love are designed in and by their dreams, and their only aim is to dream higher dreams. Truly unforgettableSan Francisco Chronicle The kin of Ata live only for the dream. Delivering to Sydney 1171 Sign in to update Books. The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You is part love story, part science fiction, at once Jungian myth and utopian allegory.
Essentially, the man learns how to be a responsible human being through his interactions with these people, and when he is ready, he returns to the “real” world to carry the message of the island to the rest of humanity…. Kin Of Ata Are Waiting For You : Bryant, Dorothy: : Books. These people live for their dreams, and their activities are directed by those dreams only on very rare occasions does someone from the outside world find their way to the island, as our protagonist does. His car goes off the road, he is badly injured and when he wakes up, he is on a strange island where a seemingly very primitive group of people are living completely without technology or contact with the outside world. The story involves a nameless man who kills his lover in a fit of rage, then flees in a panic. Not sure why I felt the need to read it again just now, but I did. Available on Amazon and elsewhere.I first read "The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You" in the late 1970s or early 1980s, and have probably re-read it four or five times since then. The surprise that awaits will keep you glued until the utter end. The beauty is in the unfolding of the story. He attempted to make himself right and others wrong. The contrast between who he was and where he now found himself was bewildering and painful to him. Part love story, part utopian fantasy, part spi. Instead, he was found and taken to a place where dreams of the night held value, and ideals common to true spiritual traditions were actually lived. Read 238 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. A set of circumstances occurred: He had a car accident, veered off a cliff and crashed. The main character in The Kin of Ata had led a seamy, notorious life. Because I am different every time I read them, they never fail to point out yet another lesson and keep my attention riveted. This book is one, like Illusions by Richard Bach, which I’ve read several times over the years.
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