Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student is the 2014 novel by writer and pilot Richard Bach. The first "Illusions" book was published in 1977 and was an international best-seller, telling the story of a pilot who encounters a messiah who has absconded from the "job" of being a messiah. ("Illusions" was the author's followup to 1970's "Jonathan Livingston Seagull".) The sequel is in author Richard Bach's voice, as his "imaginary" literary characters help him in his recovery from his real-life plane crash. After decades of flying without incident, author Richard
Arthur Livingston Pirandello, Giuseppe Prezzolini, and Guido da Verona. In 1926 Livingston returned to academia, becoming Professor of Romance Languages at Columbia University in 1935. Livingston was strongly opposed to fascism and was in correspondence with a number of anti-fascist intellectuals in Italy, like Laura de Bosis. His political position created difficulties for him at Columbia University. Arthur Livingston had a notable liaison with the actress Eleonora Duse. As a scholar, Livingston was the author of two book-length studies of Gian Francesco Busenello. He was better known for his superb translations, which are sometimes said to be more readable than the originals.