Providence: The Story of a Fifty-Year Vision Quest - Hardcover

Quinn, Daniel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0553100181 ISBN 13: 9780553100181

Publisher: Bantam USA, 1995

Synopsis

The author of the inspirational novel, Ishmael, tells of his own search for spiritual fulfillment, which begins with a childhood dream in an Omaha boarding house and ends with his discovery of a universal religion. Tour.

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Review:

Praise for Daniel Quinn's "Ishmael"

"Wonderfully earnest and engaging. Think of Robert Persig in "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" or B.F. Skinner in "Walden Two"."
"-- Los Angeles Time Book Review"

"A thoughtful, fearlessly low-key novel about the role of our species on the planet"
laid out for us with an originality and an clarity that few would deny."
"-- The New York Times Book Review"

" "Deserves high marks as a serious--and all too rare--effort that is unflinchingly"
engaged with fundamental life-and-death concerns."
"-- The Atlanta Constitution Journal"

Daniel Quinn's novel "Ishmael" is one of today's most beloved novels of spiritual adventure. Winner of the half-million dollar Turner Tomorrow Award, the book has become a backlist bestseller and garnered rave reviews. "From now on," wrote Jim Britell in the "Whole Earth Review", "I will divide the books I have read into two categories--the ones I read before "Ishmael" and those read after." Thousands of readers have responded to this unique and captivating story of a man who enters into a dialogue with a full-grown gorilla about humanity's place in nature. Now Daniel Quinn follows "Ishmael" with another story of a spiritual quest--this time his own--in PROVIDENCE" " The Story of a Fifty-Year Vision Quest.

Praise for Daniel Quinn's "Ishmael"
"Wonderfully earnest and engaging. Think of Robert Persig in "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" or B.F. Skinner in "Walden Two.""
"-- Los Angeles Time Book Review"
"A thoughtful, fearlessly low-key novel about the role of our species on the planet"
laid out for us with an originality and an clarity that few would deny."
"-- The New York Times Book Review"
" "Deserves high marks as a serious--and all too rare--effort that is unflinchingly"
engaged with fundamental life-and-death concerns."
"-- The Atlanta Constitution Journal"
Daniel Quinn's novel "Ishmael" is one of today's most beloved novels of spiritual adventure. Winner of the half-million dollar Turner Tomorrow Award, the book has become a backlist bestseller and garnered rave reviews. "From now on," wrote Jim Britell in the "Whole Earth Review," "I will divide the books I have read into two categories--the ones I read before "Ishmael" and those read after." Thousands of readers have responded to this unique and captivating story of a man who enters into a dialogue with a full-grown gorilla about humanity's place in nature. Now Daniel Quinn follows "Ishmael" with another story of a spiritual quest--this time his own--in PROVIDENCE" " The Story of a Fifty-Year Vision Quest.

Praise for Daniel Quinn's Ishmael
"Wonderfully earnest and engaging. Think of Robert Persig in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance or B.F. Skinner in Walden Two."
-- Los Angeles Time Book Review
"A thoughtful, fearlessly low-key novel about the role of our species on the planet"
laid out for us with an originality and an clarity that few would deny."
-- The New York Times Book Review
"Deserves high marks as a serious--and all too rare--effort that is unflinchingly
engaged with fundamental life-and-death concerns."
-- The Atlanta Constitution Journal
Daniel Quinn's novel Ishmael is one of today's most beloved novels of spiritual adventure. Winner of the half-million dollar Turner Tomorrow Award, the book has become a backlist bestseller and garnered rave reviews. "From now on," wrote Jim Britell in the Whole Earth Review, "I will divide the books I have read into two categories--the ones I read before Ishmael and those read after." Thousands of readers have responded to this unique and captivating story of a man who enters into a dialogue with a full-grown gorilla about humanity's place in nature. Now Daniel Quinn follows Ishmael with another story of a spiritual quest--this time his own--in PROVIDENCE The Story of a Fifty-Year Vision Quest.

Praise for Daniel Quinn's Ishmael
-Wonderfully earnest and engaging. Think of Robert Persig in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance or B.F. Skinner in Walden Two.-
-- Los Angeles Time Book Review
-A thoughtful, fearlessly low-key novel about the role of our species on the planet-
laid out for us with an originality and an clarity that few would deny.-
-- The New York Times Book Review
-Deserves high marks as a serious--and all too rare--effort that is unflinchingly
engaged with fundamental life-and-death concerns.-
-- The Atlanta Constitution Journal
Daniel Quinn's novel Ishmael is one of today's most beloved novels of spiritual adventure. Winner of the half-million dollar Turner Tomorrow Award, the book has become a backlist bestseller and garnered rave reviews. -From now on, - wrote Jim Britell in the Whole Earth Review, -I will divide the books I have read into two categories--the ones I read before Ishmael and those read after.- Thousands of readers have responded to this unique and captivating story of a man who enters into a dialogue with a full-grown gorilla about humanity's place in nature. Now Daniel Quinn follows Ishmael with another story of a spiritual quest--this time his own--in PROVIDENCE The Story of a Fifty-Year Vision Quest.

Praise for Daniel Quinn's Ishmael

"Wonderfully earnest and engaging. Think of Robert Persig in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance or B.F. Skinner in Walden Two."
-- Los Angeles Time Book Review

"A thoughtful, fearlessly low-key novel about the role of our species on the planet"
laid out for us with an originality and an clarity that few would deny."
-- The New York Times Book Review

"Deserves high marks as a serious--and all too rare--effort that is unflinchingly
engaged with fundamental life-and-death concerns."
-- The Atlanta Constitution Journal

Daniel Quinn's novel Ishmael is one of today's most beloved novels of spiritual adventure. Winner of the half-million dollar Turner Tomorrow Award, the book has become a backlist bestseller and garnered rave reviews. "From now on," wrote Jim Britell in the Whole Earth Review, "I will divide the books I have read into two categories--the ones I read before Ishmael and those read after." Thousands of readers have responded to this unique and captivating story of a man who enters into a dialogue with a full-grown gorilla about humanity's place in nature. Now Daniel Quinn follows Ishmael with another story of a spiritual quest--this time his own--in PROVIDENCE The Story of a Fifty-Year Vision Quest.

About the Author:

Daniel Quinn grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, and studied at St. Louis University, the University of Vienna, and Loyola University of Chicago. He worked in Chicago-area publishing for twenty years before beginning work on the book for which he is best known, Ishmael. In 1991, this book was chosen from among some 2,500 international entrants in the Turner Tomorrow competition to win the half-million dollar prize for a novel offering "creative and positive solutions to global problems." It has subsequently sold more than a million copies in English, is available in some thirty languages, and has been used in high schools and colleges worldwide in courses as varied as philosophy, geography, ecology, archaeology, history, biology, zoology, anthropology, political science, economics, and sociology. Subsequent works include Providence, The Story of B, My Ishmael: A Sequel, Beyond Civilization, After Dachau, The Holy, and most recently At Woomeroo, a collection of short stories. He currently lives with his wife in Houston.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam USA
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0553100181
• ISBN 13: 9780553100181
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 175