Rating: 
Summary: Decent autobiography
Review: This book is worth reading but I would recommend it only if you've read either Ishmael, My Ishmael or Beyond Civilization first. It is quite a thin book and not the most informative autobiography I've ever read but you leave it feeling satisfied. It's very concise and so easy to get through. Apart from the story of his life there are also some interesting sections in there about education and about how he lost his faith in reilgion (he lived in a monastery for a while). If you like Daniel Quinn's other books read this because it provides an insight into how he arrived at his beliefs.
Rating:
Summary: Decent autobiography
Review: This book is worth reading but I would recommend it only if you've read either Ishmael, My Ishmael or Beyond Civilization first. It is quite a thin book and not the most informative autobiography I've ever read but you leave it feeling satisfied. It's very concise and so easy to get through. Apart from the story of his life there are also some interesting sections in there about education and about how he lost his faith in reilgion (he lived in a monastery for a while). If you like Daniel Quinn's other books read this because it provides an insight into how he arrived at his beliefs.
Rating: 
Summary: A New Level
Review: _Providence_ takes _Ishmael_ to a whole new level by explaining what you can do with yourself after _Ishmael_. Quinn explains that the reason for this work is to fill the void that _Ishmael_ leaves: if it shattered your beliefs (in a good way, of course), _Providence_ gives you something to take its place.After reading Quinn's first four books, this was welcome, because for me, it fills the void that _Beyond Civilization_ tries to work into, but somehow fails. Many people complain that Quinn never tells you what to do wth these new ideas in his books, and here, he gives the reader ways that he has made them work. I found it very easy to take them and mesh them with my own interests. To find out Quinn's entire argument for saving ourselves and our planet, it's really necessary to read his five major books - if you read this one last, it brings the whole argument together nicely. He just doesn't give you an easy way out. You have to find it for yourself.
Rating:
Summary: A New Level
Review: _Providence_ takes _Ishmael_ to a whole new level by explaining what you can do with yourself after _Ishmael_. Quinn explains that the reason for this work is to fill the void that _Ishmael_ leaves: if it shattered your beliefs (in a good way, of course), _Providence_ gives you something to take its place. After reading Quinn's first four books, this was welcome, because for me, it fills the void that _Beyond Civilization_ tries to work into, but somehow fails. Many people complain that Quinn never tells you what to do wth these new ideas in his books, and here, he gives the reader ways that he has made them work. I found it very easy to take them and mesh them with my own interests. To find out Quinn's entire argument for saving ourselves and our planet, it's really necessary to read his five major books - if you read this one last, it brings the whole argument together nicely. He just doesn't give you an easy way out. You have to find it for yourself.
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