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This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success (marriage, house in the country, career) and find, instead, what she truly wanted from life. Setting out for a year to study three different aspects of her nature amid three different cultures, Gilbert explored the art of pleasure in Italy and the art of devotion in India, and then a balance between the two on the Indonesian island of Bali. By turns rapturous and rueful, this wise and funny author (whom Booklist calls Anne Lamotts hip, yoga- practicing, footloose younger sister) is poised to garner yet more adoring fans.

伊莉莎白·吉爾伯特，小說傢、新聞記者、兩度獲得National Magazine Award 深度報導奬，作品The Last American Man 入選美國國傢圖書奬決賽名單及2002年紐約時代年代好書，故事集Pilgrims獲得Paris Review 最佳新人小說等奬項。曾為知名雜誌GQ、Bazaar、The New York Magazine撰稿。