The Signature of All Things

Gilbert Elizabeth

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION

A captivating story of botany, exploration and desire, by the multimillion 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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Elizabeth Gilbert (Connecticut, 1969) američa je autorica nekoliko međunaronih beselera. Studirala je političke nauke na New York University. Nakon fakulteta nekoliko godina je putovala zemljom, radeći i prikupljajući iskustva, koja je iskoristila za pisanje svoje prve knjige, zbirke kratkih priča, Pilgrims. Nekoliko godina radila je kao novinar za razne časopise (Spin, GQ, The New York Times Magazine).

Prvi roman Stern Men objavila je 2000. godine, a 2002. knjigu The Last American Man. Njena najpoznatija knjiga je Jedi, moli, voli, megabestseler, objavljen 2006. Po toj knjizi snimljen je i istoimeni film. Zatim, 2010. slijedi U dobru i zlu, svojevrsni nastavak prethodne knjige, također bestseler. 2008. magazin Time uvrstio je Elizabeth Gilbert među sto najutjecajnijih ljudi na svijetu. Nakon velikog bestelera Potpis na svim stvarima, 2019. objavljen je njen najnoviji roman Grad za djevojke.

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