From Joseph Fasano, bestselling author of The Magic Words, comes a timeless story of a father, a son, and the power of language to awaken the world.
The Teacher follows Aldo, a craftsman, and his eleven-year-old son, Solé, as they journey across deserts, mountains, and wondrous cities toward the besieged city of Asha. Along the way, Aldo shares his Six Great Lessons: Love, Grief, Power, Mistakes, Hope, and Courage. These lessons become a guide for Solé as he learns what it means to live with compassion in a world shaped by fear.
What begins as a journey to deliver a gift becomes something far more profound. Solé comes to understand that language, not violence, holds the greatest power of all.
Part fable and part meditation, The Teacher stands alongside The Alchemist, Invisible Cities, and Einstein's Dreams. Written in Fasano's spare and luminous prose, it is a book to keep close, to give as a gift, and to return to again and again.
The Teacher is a work for this moment and for all time. It reminds us that even in the face of darkness, we still have the power to speak.