Daniel Quinn died in 2018.Daniel Clarence Quinn (Octo– February 17, 2018) is most widely known for his novel Ishmael. Subsequent works include Providence, The Story of B, My Ishmael: A Sequel, Beyond Civilization, After Dachau, The Holy, At Woomeroo, The Invisibility of Success, and The Teachings. 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. He worked in Chicago-area publishing for twenty years before beginning work on the book for which he is best known, Ishmael.
Louis University, the University of Vienna, and Loyola University of Chicago.
"Arthur Koestler, in an essay in which he wondered whether mankind would go the way of the dinosaur, formulated what he called the Dinosaur's Prayer: 'Lord, a little more time!' Ishmael does its bit to answer that prayer and may just possibly have bought us all a little more time." - Los Angeles Timesĭaniel Quinn grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, and studied at St. We want to change our lives." - The Washington Post we're in grip, we want Ishmael to teach us how to save the planet from ourselves. "Before we're halfway through this slim book. "As suspenseful, inventive, and socially urgent as any fiction or nonfiction you are likely to read this or any other year." - The Austin Chronicle In Ishmael, which received the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship for the best work of fiction offering positive solutions to global problems, Daniel Quinn parses humanity's origins and its relationship with nature, in search of an answer to this challenging question: How can we save the world from ourselves?Įxplore Daniel Quinn's spiritual Ishmael trilogy: It is the story of a man who embarks on a highly provocative intellectual adventure with a gorilla-a journey of the mind and spirit that changes forever the way he sees the world and humankind's place in it. So begins an utterly unique and captivating novel. It was just a three-line ad in the personals section, but it launched the adventure of a lifetime. Must have an earnest desire to save the world. laid out for us with an originality and a clarity that few would deny."- The New York Times Book Review "A thoughtful, fearlessly low-key novel about the role of our species on the planet. This special twenty-fifth anniversary edition features a new foreword and afterword by the author. Description One of the most beloved and bestselling novels of spiritual adventure ever published, Ishmael has earned a passionate following.
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