Ramar: The Rabbit with Rainbow Wings [Hardcover]

Darrell T. Hare (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 15, 1996

Preparing for his first journey to Earth as a human being, a young winged rabbit from the World-in-Between, is befriended by a host of animal spirits who offer him guidance about his forthcoming journey. 75,000 first printing.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

"What could a rabbit with rainbow wings know of love or wisdom or the meaning of life?" asks debut author Hare. Very little, it turns out?although Hare shows that he knows how to spin a yarn that's as cottony as his namesake's tail. Ramar is a winged rabbit born into the "World-In-Between," where souls mind their lessons between earthly, human incarnations. Over the course of Ramar's chronicle, the rabbit grasps the meaning of his wings and of his destiny as a spiritual teacher from several animal and human guides. They promote a giddy, make-nice pantheism that touts key New Age tenets like free will, karmic justice and anticlericalism even as it mashes up the core beliefs of the world's great religions. Near book's end, Jesus appears as a radiant white lamb to bleat the praise of Ramar and Hare's theology?and of Ramar, proclaimed as every bit the equal of Moses, Buddha, Muhammad and the Man from Nazareth. And that's a bit of rabbity hubris that even Bugs, a bolder and perhaps wiser bunny, wouldn't have dared. Illustrations, not seen by PW.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

This feel-good, Jonathan Livingston Seagullish first novel about a flying rabbit will receive a big marketing push.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press; 1st edition (February 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312140312
• ISBN-13: 978-0312140311
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 6.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #631,175 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beauthiful Spiritual Bunny Book!, June 16, 2011

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This review is from: Ramar: The Rabbit with Rainbow Wings (Hardcover)

I ordered this book because it was about a bunny ... and fell in love with it because of its wonderfully spiritual story. I consider it a "must read" for people at all stages along the spiritual path.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An additional word from the author, May 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Ramar: The Rabbit with Rainbow Wings (Hardcover)

I'm am not one to take on critics because everyone has a right to his or her opinion, and I'm all for that. However, the Kirkus Review listed here is so particularly sarcastic, that I think potential readers of RAMAR should know how beautifully it has been received by thousands of readers, many of whom have written and called me with their thoughts and their thanks. I have even been told about people who , in the last days of their lives, have asked to have RAMAR read aloud to them again and again, and as the author, I find this remarkable. Now, printed in nine languages, RAMAR has received many, many wonderful reviews by critics who, rather than view it in terms of their own formula for effective story telling, feel the power and promise of what it says. But more than that, after two years, it is still going strong in the market, and its fans still write me, and that says more than anything! And please, you can write or E-Mail me, too. I always appreciate knowing what people think my book and what it has meant to them. Thank you, Darrell T. Hare.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars new-age fairy-tale that borders on the absurd, July 6, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Ramar: The Rabbit with Rainbow Wings (Paperback)

I was quite disappointed in this book, considering all of the positive word-of-mouth I was given. Beware of the hype on the cover of the book--this is not a spiritual adventure--it is an excercise in feel-good philosophy. A good story should have a sense of purpose and urgency, and this book has neither. Ramar and his friends are nothing more than thinly veiled disguises for the author and many others who have no definitive religious beliefs, and who then espouse their empty ideas in a book like this and label it "a spiritual adventure". If this sort of thing appeals to you, then by all means read this book. For the rest of us, I would advise you to save your time and money.