What a beautiful and inspiring lovestory! I am coming to really admire Richard Bach's stories. I think in order to really reap the rewards within the pages, it is helpful to be in a similar phase of life, i.e., to be yourself on a spiritual journey seeking the many wonders of lifes mysteries (with as open a mind as you can muster!).

In this book (which is best read in my opinion in between "Illusions" and "One") is the autobiographical journey Richard embarks on to find his soulmate. The love he More...

Michael Bakhtin formulated the idea called dialogism while studying the nature of the literary form called 'novel'. Bakhtin identifies 'polyphony' as the greatest quality of the genre, by which he means its ability to include diverse voices within the same work. Different contradictory elements exists in a single literary work, complementing each other.

A good literary piece is one which reflects different ideological strands without affecting the central or dominant voice of the 'author'. Richar More...

This is so far the most beautiful love story that I've ever read! I liked the storytelling and the heartfelt words nicely written. The plot is not corny as say Spark's A Walk to Remember or Segal's Love Story. Love here is depicted by the long and ethereal flights taken by the lovers. Their love soared heights and when they are up there, with the way Bach used to describe their emotions - you can feel the intensity of their feeling for each other and their union with forever (like the boundless More...

I read this book again to see if it still hit as hard as it did when I discovered it in college amid the long distance angst of having met my future husband...and the lines and writing still sounded as strong as they did then and still amazes me how some books find you when you need to find them...the odds of coming across this book at that time were so very small yet there it was echoing what I felt I was living...now I am not sure it reads as well as then. More emotional memory than stellar wr More...

In questo racconto � presente una scena che ho sempre trovato molto riuscita: e' un romanzo autobiografico, nelle prime pagine Bach narra di quando, poco dopo avere scritto "Il gabbiano Jonathan L.", si era isolato da tutti passando settimane in posti remoti degli USA solo con il suo piccolo aereo da turismo. Un giorno, telefona alla sua agente per avere notizie e apprende che il suo libro sta avendo molto successo. Pensando di potersi permettere qualche piccola spesa in piu', chiama subito dopo More...

Though it has "love story" in the title, this is less of a "romance" and more of a mental and emotional journey for the lead character/narrator "Richard." What happens to him in the (somewhat of a love story) isn't all that remarkable or interesting to be honest, but Bach captures the purity of emotions emotions perfectly. As Richard jumps from seeking love to avoiding and dances around his long running on-again off-again relationship you can't help but say to yourself at times, "Man, that's exa More...

I read thus book in grad school in the late 80s . It was such a good read about the fairy tale love affair between Richard Bach and actress Leslie Parrish.
I really enjoyed it at the time. I have included a review from amozon.

Amazon.com Review
Bestselling author Richard Bach explores the meaning of fate and soul mates in this modern-day fairytale based on his real-life relationship with actor Leslie Parrish. "This is a story about a knight who was dying, and the princess who saved his life," Bach More...

What a terribly sh!tty book. My first 0-star rating. I don't understand how anyone can give this book any stars. It honestly lessens my opinion of them as human beings. Are they thirteen years old? Have they not actually lived lives themselves, with all its depth and nuances and complications?

I should've known what I was in for, as it was one of the two books ever that my boyfriend said he couldn't finish. But I was seeking revenge, for him reading The Plague after I told him it was Boring. Less More...

* "The bridge across forever" by Richard Bach is his love story. I think I liked his first "Johnathon Livingston Seagull" because I always liked to fly. (Looking down on people, troubles, too small - incomparable indescribable. Maybe because my jet pilot father crashed just after my birth, I learned to take-off, fly, land, and navigate a small craft as backup for my boyfriend on a cross Canada flight. I couldn't afford the training or license, but my practical experience insured us from sudden a More...

The ultimate love story told from a man's point of view... it was not only a great read because it was from a male point of view, but because it taught me much more than I ever expected to learn about love from any book, and especially for one written in novel form... it also reminded me of the importance of listening to that voice inside each of us we may not always be in tune with... most important it helped me realize that sometimes one person can be all the roles we seek such as friend, love More...

Recenzija par Ričarda Baha grāmatu "Tilts pāri mūžībai"

Ričards Bahs ir literatūras klasiķis un sapņains lidotājs no divdesitā gadsimta, no Amerikas. Sarakstījis nevienu vien aizraujošu un dzīves gudru gāmatu. Vienu no tām nesen izlasīju. "Tilts pāri mūžībai" ir romāns pār dzīves likstām un laimes mirkļiem savas dvēseles radinieces meklējumos. Manuprāt, autors uzrakstījis šai grāmatai ļoti piemērotu virsrakstu. No vienas puses tas ir metaforisks ar zemtekstu, kas lasītāju, pirms grāmatas izlasī More...

'Soulmate! Are you there? This is Richard Bach.'

A large portion in the beginning of the book is dedicated to juggling with the question of whether that one true soulmate exists. Here, he's sounding like a 20-year-old with a conviction that love could fail everyone but himself, and that he could never fail love.

Enter Leslie Parrish, and out goes the 20-year-old romantic . Instead , we have an 'I-me-me-mine' chanting know-it-all.
This is where i got hooked - the point where the story reflects the More...

Interesting book. Certainly some things I don't personally subscribe to, but nonetheless it is beatiful and well-written and laden with truth and opportunities for self-reflection. Some of my favorites follow:

"Everyone has plates of iron and rows of spikes somewhere inside that say this is as far as you go with me."

"That's what learning is, after all: not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we've changed because of it and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply More...

The most beautiful love story I have ever read. Loved the way the story is written and while I still dont have it in my library the thoughts from the book have stayed with me...

“Can miles truly separate you from friends....If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?”

"Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life"

"The opposite of loneliness, it's not togetherness. It is intimacy"

"Look in a mirror and one thing's sure: what we see is not who we are"

“The worst lies are More...

This exquisite metaphysical love story based on the author's relationship with his wife, and soulmate, Leslie Parish is one of my favorite reads. It is told in a mystical style that explains multi-dimensional soul aspects interacting across time.

One of my favorite passages occurs when the writer, Bach, travels to the future and sees his now finished book shelved, and tries to read the title. When he returns to the here and now, he recalls, "It said something about a bridge." These types of momen More...

4 stelle x' 5 sono solo x il Mio gabbiano preferito :) bella riflessione su una ancor più bella storia d'Amore...penso che dopo quasi 10 anni, qs estate me lo rileggerò, sono certa che ci troverò ancora qcosa di nuovo.

The most beautiful story of twin souls I have ever heard! In this book I have found the best description of what love should be like. So inspiring! So true!

"A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we’re pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wr More...

"Boredom between two people, doesn't come from being together physically. It comes from being apart mentally and spiritually."
"Hell is a place, a time, a consciousness, in which there is no love."
"Your freedom not to be intimate? Your freedom not to love? Your freedom to seek relief from joy in restlessness and boredom?"
~"You'll not listen before you get yourself flattened by the Great Steamroller of Experience."
"The opposite of loneliness is intimacy."
"One way to be sure they will not love you More...

This is a strange review, but it's written looking back at my former self with fondness.

I can't bring myself to re-read this book through adult eyes. I don't know how old I was when I read it, but I doubt I was even 15, and I'm fairly confident that I wasn't younger than 12. I was naive, and hopeful and full of wonder. I don't want to impose disbelief, scorn or cynicism on this story, and I feel strongly that I might. I think I'd rather keep the memory of weeping over this beautiful love story t More...

So, I am of two minds when it comes to this book. I read it in highschool, counting it as The Love Story, I mean- it's a love story that spans a lifetime. Imagine my surprise then, a couple of years ago, to read on a book flap that Richard Bach & Leslie SPLIT UP, and he re-married a Very Young Woman. I mean- are you kidding me?? What was the point of this book? So, I'm not sure I'll be able to read it again and enjoy it as much. It's fiction, yes, but the coolest part was that it was about r More...

Uh....what should I say about this book? The author has an intelligent style of writing, and the way things are depicted in it is just awesome. It taught me a lot about love, it showed me that love doesn't have to bring happiness to you every day of your life. Soulmates don't have to think alike, and it's all about seeing the dark side of each other and still wanting to be with each other.
Just loved the book.....It's been a long time since I read it, but the story still remains in my mind. Want More...

Debo admitir que no me gustó; es raro puesto que a la mayoría de los libros les encuentro algo bueno que trasciende en mi persona.
Tiene la intensidad de ser un libro con un propósito de búsqueda, pero a la larga es un camino de quejas puesto que no se encuentra nunca satisfecho con lo que tiene en el momento presente, lo cual lo hace ser un libro que recuenta frustraciones hacia la propia vida amorosa, dentro de un ámbito muy materialista (por ser los años ochenta), tiene mensajes de superación More...

Oh my god, this is one of the worst books I've ever read. I read it nearly ten years ago and my brain is still searing. I hate it and want to kill it. Die, you piddly New Age piece of crap.

Oh you want a reason? Whiny, egocentric, complete embodiment of the worst of older men who believe they deserve everything. At one point he starts having epiphanies about soulmates and just when I was about to lose total interest, he reveals that, and this is ALL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL mind you, he and his soul mate More...

Pure platitudinous puke. One of the worst books I've actually kept reading until I finished (although I honestly don't know how I did it). This is probably the only one star rating you'll see from me, because there are too many good books out there to squander time on the crummy ones. I just stop reading those I don't enjoy partway through, and I don't rate them.

I also have a problem with writing bad reviews, because I don't think it's fair to the writer. If I don't like it, and I do happen to More...

Written in an autobiographical style this book seems to be mainly in 2 parts. In part one, Richard Bach begins a search for his soulmate, loses sight of his goal, and then almost loses her without recognizing he has found her (that he would find her shouldn't come as a huge surprise, this is a Lovestory). I enjoyed this part of the book immensely, mostly because I found and married my soulmate more than five years ago. My experiences with her have been everything Mr. Bach (eventually) concludes More...

This is another amazing read from Richard Bach. It is a book about finding your soul mate, your one true love. This book takes us through the different stages of relationships from clumsy and ackward to comfortable and cozy and sometimes scary (not in a horror movie way)The story of two people, how they met and how they fell in love. It is the very real story about how Richard Bach and actress Leslie Parrish met and fell in love but it is written in an eloquent and poetic fairy tale sort of way. More...

This book really wasn't for me. It was a task to make myself pick it up and read. I found the writing construed and self absorbed. If Richard truly believes in soul-mates and forever and that this woman was the one then why is he no longer with her? Also why is there no mention of his children from his previous marriage? Such a shame. The one thing that does show through is Richard's selfishness.
I found one quote that I liked so I suppose all is not lost.
When asked about beautiful women being tr More...

Me? Read a love story?

Very out of character for me, but I have always loved this book. I think mostly because it's about real love. Not fairy tale bulls*^t, but terrifying - "I'm exposing myself to you, do not crush me, please" love.

The kind you try to sabatoge even though it's wonderful.

Read it even if you don't like love stories - if nothing else you get to be a voyeur to a facinating love relationship between 2 adults, that isn't mushy or cheesy.

Beautiful, heart-warming, funny, entertaining. My own love of flying draws me to books written by aviators, and Richard Bach's books are all full of the joys of flight. To couple that with a beautiful love story and Bach's deep reflections on life quality results in a stimulating and enjoyable read. Add to all that Bach's ability to laugh at himself, and you're left with a warm personal feel-good book that is hard to put down.