A glorious, sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, from the # 1 New York
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A glorious, sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, from the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love and Committed
Look out for Elizabeth Gilbert’s new book, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, on sale now! In The Signature of All Things, Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction, inserting her inimitable voice into an enthralling story of love, adventure and discovery. Spanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the novel follows the fortunes of the extraordinary Whittaker family as led by the enterprising Henry Whittaker—a poor-born Englishman who makes a great fortune in the South American quinine trade, eventually becoming the richest man in Philadelphia. Born in 1800, Henry’s brilliant daughter, Alma (who inherits both her father’s money and his mind), ultimately becomes a botanist of considerable gifts herself. As Alma’s research takes her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, she falls in love with a man named Ambrose Pike who makes incomparable paintings of orchids and who draws her in the exact opposite direction—into the realm of the spiritual, the divine, and the magical. Alma is a clear-minded scientist; Ambrose a utopian artist—but what unites this unlikely couple is a desperate need to understand the workings of this world and the mechanisms behind all life.
Exquisitely researched and told at a galloping pace, The Signature of All Things soars across the globe—from London to Peru to Philadelphia to Tahiti to Amsterdam, and beyond. Along the way, the story is peopled with unforgettable characters: missionaries, abolitionists, adventurers, astronomers, sea captains, geniuses, and the quite mad. But most memorable of all, it is the story of Alma Whittaker, who—born in the Age of Enlightenment, but living well into the Industrial Revolution—bears witness to that extraordinary moment in human history when all the old assumptions about science, religion, commerce, and class were exploding into dangerous new ideas. Written in the bold, questing spirit of that singular time, Gilbert’s wise, deep, and spellbinding tale is certain to capture the hearts and minds of readers.
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这部小说既引人入胜，又令人深思；既有广度，又有深度。通过传奇的植物学家Alma（以及她同样传奇的父亲Henry）的一生的故事，讲述了18-19世纪人类对自然，特别是在植物学领域的探索，并探讨了进化论与信仰之间的关系。一部小说涵盖了对植物学、历史（特别是18世纪英国和19世纪美国历史）和人类与性灵的细致探讨，又生动细腻地叙述了女主人公成长的历程，同时满足了我多方面的阅读兴趣， 我觉得它已经不仅仅是一本小说，也是一本有趣的植物学教科书、历史书和哲学书。读后欲罢不能，又迅疾定了两本，准备收藏和送给志同道合的朋友。
非常值得读的一本书，格局很大，背景恢弘，语言智慧幽默，情景引人入胜，不仅补充世界地理，历史，植物及生物等领域的知识，更重要的是还探索了人的精神世界的演变历程。
如果你喜欢“Eat Pray Love", 那么你可能会发现Elizabeth Gilbert 这部作品也会让你欲罢不能，想尽快读完，你可能甚至会感觉自己像盘旋在主人公Alma头顶的空气，目证她的境遇，亲触她的思想，与她一起感受被命运与生命猛击后的痛楚及剧痛之后的彻悟。这是一次有时你会笑出声，有时会眼眶湿润，有点错乱但醒脑醒心的阅读。
实在是太喜欢Eli写的小说了，故事情节引人入胜，忍不住想全部看完。Eli的语句还是那么优美，并且没有看完你完全不会想到故事后面是如何发展的，极力推荐！
没想到会是口袋书的设计大小，好厚好厚。希望好看！
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