Flying Leap: A Novel in Perspective

by Ralf Oliver

Flying Leap is a book about many things. The main character embarks on a journey of discovery through an unusual circumstance, a conversation that questions everything and every thing. Through this process the protagonist and the reader find themselves looking at life anew . In the tradition of Daniel Quinn's Ishmael or Richard Bach's Illusions , Flying Leap offers a fresh perspective on the meaning of truth.

Take a leap and come along for the ride.

170 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm reading this book for the third time. Each time I understand something in the book and in myself I hadn't before. I love the progression of the protagonist's self-discovery - I can see why he finds himself on that rooftop (and at times I want to push him myself). I share his struggle to fully comprehend - or even just put into words - what my heart already knows. This one will stay in that stack of favored books on the night-stand; each read feels like discovering something new in an old friend.

[Dennis Deery · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. It's of the genre "lost person meets guru and gets life lessons." But it's a neat twist that the guru is a pigeon. Most of the lessons discussed fit pretty well with Buddhist teachings. Books like this always help me to step back from the craziness of day-to-day life and examine what I'm doing. Oliver has quite an easy-to-read style of writing. Highly recommend this book!

[Shirley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Torn between admiring & contemplating the idea(s) in this existential conversation and on the other hand finding the writing a little too in-your-face. But then again, considering it, maybe that's just my own ego / story holding on to itself.

This novel is really a reflective essay on life and the human experience, ego and self, connection and perspective, wrapped into a story of a man about to jump off a rooftop, who instead finds himself in a conversation that changes his perspective for good.