Elizabeth Gilbert: The Signature of All Things, Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Signature of All Things
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- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 04/2020
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781526626561
- Item number:
- 10300688
- Volume:
- 592 Pages
- Weight:
- 468 g
- Format:
- 196 x 131 mm
- Thickness:
- 41 mm
- Release date:
- 7.4.2020
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
Other releases of The Signature of All Things |
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| Buch, Kartoniert / Broschiert, Englisch | EUR 7.58* |
Blurb
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
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'Quite simply one of the best novels I have read in years' - Elizabeth Day, Observer
'Charming . . . extensively researched, compellingly readable' - Jane Shilling, Daily Telegraph
'Sumptuous . . . Gilbert's prose is by turns flinty, funny, and incandescent' - New Yorker
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A captivating story of botany, exploration and desire, by the multimillion copy bestselling author of Eat Pray Love
Everything about life intrigues Alma Whittaker. Her passion for botany leads her far from home, from London to Peru to Tahiti, in pursuit of that rare specimen: knowledge. But as her careful studies draw her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, she meets the man who she will come to love - whose perspective, radically different from her own, will transform the way she understands the world.
Radiating with all the heart, soul and earthiness as its unforgettable heroine, The Signature of All Things is a captivating celebration of the workings of this world, and the mechanisms behind all life.
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'My own 500-pager of choice? Elizabeth Gilbert's The Signature of All Things. . . just read it . . . Hugely enjoyable' - Viv Groskop, Observer Books of the Year
'The story of Alma Whittaker's journey of discovery has irresistible momentum' - Helen Dunmore, The Times
'Gilbert has written the novel of a lifetime' - O, The Oprah Magazine
'Filled with dazzling storytelling' - Susie Boyt, Financial Times
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Biography
Mit ihrer Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten, die als 'New York Times Notable Book' ausgezeichnet wurde, hat Elizabeth Gilbert bereits 1998 für Aufsehen gesorgt. Sie gewann zahlreiche literarische Preise und war nominiert für den hochangesehenen PEN/Hemingway Award. Für ihre Arbeit als Journalistin wurde sie 1999 für den National Magazin Award nominiert. Sie schreibt regelmäßig für GQ, Harper's Bazaar und The New York Times Magazine. Sie lebt in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
