Providence

The Story of a Fifty-Year Vision Quest

Daniel Quinn

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English

Bantam USA
01 September 1996

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Providence is Quinn's fascinating memoir of his life-long spiritual voyage. His journey takes him from a childhood dream in Omaha setting him on a search for fulfillment, to his time as a postulant in the Trappist order under the guidance of eminent theologian Thomas Merton.

Later, his quest took him through the deep self-discovery of psychoanalysis, through a failed marriage during the turbulent and exciting 60s, to finding fulfillment with his wife Rennie and a career as a writer. In Providence Quinn also details his rejection of organized religion and his personal rediscovery of what he says is humankind's first and only universal religion, the theology that forms the basis for Ishmael.

Providence is an insightful book that address issues of education, psychology, religion, science, marriage, and self-understanding, and will give insight to anyone who has ever struggled to forge and enact a personal spirituality.

By: Daniel Quinn
Imprint: Bantam USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 208mm, Width: 134mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 181g
ISBN: 9780553375497
ISBN 10: 0553375490
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 01 September 1996
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Daniel Quinngrew 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 includeProvidence, The Story of B, My Ishmael- A Sequel, Beyond Civilization, After Dachau, The Holy, At Woomeroo, The Invisibility of Success, and The Teachings. Daniel Quinn died in 2018.

Reviews for 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.