Elizabeth Gilbert

Vremja dejstvija: konets XVIII - konets XIX vekov. Mesto dejstvija: London i Peru, Filadelfija i Taiti, Amsterdam i samye otdalennye ugolki Zemli. Mudryj, glubokij i zakhvatyvajuschij roman o vremeni, - kogda botanika byla naukoj, trebovavshej samopozhertvovanija i azarta, otvagi i gotovnosti riskovat zhiznju, - kogda uchenyj byl avantjuristom i pervootkryvatelem, deltsom i romantikom, - kogda ljudi ljubili ne menee strastno, chem sejchas, no sderzhannost schitalas khoroshim tonom. "Proiskhozhdenie vsekh veschej" - velikij roman o velikom stoletii.Perevodchik: Zmeeva Ju. Ju.

From the moment Alma Whittaker steps into the world, everything about life intrigues her. Instilled with an unquenchable sense of wonder by her father, a botanical explorer and the richest man in the New World, Alma is raised in a house of luxury and curiosity. It is not long before she becomes a gifted botanist in her own right.

Roman "Est, molitsja, ljubit" stal bestsellerom i v Rossii, i vo vsem mire. V etom putevom dnevnike geroinja, Liz Gilbert, otpravljaetsja v puteshestvie v Italiju, Indiju, Indoneziju, chtoby obresti sebja, najti radost tam, gde ne zhdesh. Eta pozitivnaja, zhizneutverzhdajuschaja i zakhvatyvajuschaja kniga podarila vdokhnovenie millionam chitatelej.Perevodchik: Zmeeva Ju. Ju.

On kesä 1940, ja 19-vuotias Vivian Morris saapuu New Yorkiin. Uhrattuaan opintonsa turhamaisuuden alttarille hän ryhtyy epäsovinnaisen Peg-tätinsä omistaman revyyteatterin pukuompelijaksi. Manhattanilla sijaitsevassa ränsistyneessä mutta ylväässä Lily Playhousessa Vivian tutustuu kokonaiseen karismaattisten hahmojen maailmankaikkeuteen, iloluontoisista showtytöistä maineikkaisiin näyttelijöihin. Sodan varjo leijuu Manhattanin yllä, mutta Vivian uusine ystävineen nauttii elämän maljasta viimeiseen pisaraan, juhlii ja rakastaa. Hän tekee myös valtavia virheitä, joutuu maksamaan niistä ja ymmärtää seuraukset kunnolla vasta vuosien päästä. Mutta tärkein läksy, jonka hän tulee elämänsä varrella oppimaan on kuitenkin se, ettei tarvitse olla kiltti tyttö ollakseen hyvä ihminen.Tyttöjen kaupunki on iloisen dekadentti kertomus koko elämänsä sovinnaisuuksia uhmanneesta naisesta ja 40-luvun New Yorkin teatterimaailman samettiverhojen takaisesta todellisuudesta."Timanttinen, hauska ja säkenöivä" - New Yorker

Sommaren 1940 anländer 19-åriga Vivian Morris till New York. Hennes talanger med nål och tråd ansågs otillräckliga av internatskolan, men som sömmerska på Teater Lily, Vivians okonventionella faster Pegs charmiga men ökända teater på Manhattan, duger de alldeles utmärkt. Vivian hyllas av alla showgirls för att hon kan omvandla tygtrasor till kreationer värdiga gudinnor.I det som under kriget blir en märklig kvinnostad försöker Vivian vara fri och göra det hon vill. Och när den legendariska skådespelerskan Edna Watson kommer för att spela i Teater Lilys mest ambitiösa föreställning någonsin, hänförs Vivian av magin som uppstår i denna gnistrande stjärnas kölvatten. Men läxor måste läras, och bittra misstag måste göras. Vivian inser att hon behöver lära sig att leva flera liv för att få det hon vill ha.Kvinnornas stad är en berättelse om kvinnor som har levt som de verkligen är, i otakt med ett århundrade som inte riktigt kunde hålla jämna steg med dem."vildsint underhållande" Amelia

The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story. David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.

_______________SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION_______________'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_______________A captivating story of botany, exploration and desire, by the multimillion copy bestselling author of Eat Pray LoveEverything 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._______________'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_______________

It is the summer of 1940. Nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris arrives in New York with her suitcase and sewing machine, exiled by her despairing parents. Although her quicksilver talents with a needle and commitment to mastering the perfect hair roll have been deemed insufficient for her to pass into her sophomore year of Vassar, she soon finds gainful employment as the self-appointed seamstress at the Lily Playhouse, her unconventional Aunt Peg's charmingly disreputable Manhattan revue theatre. There, Vivian quickly becomes the toast of the showgirls, transforming the trash and tinsel only fit for the cheap seats into creations for goddesses. Exile in New York is no exile at all: here in this strange wartime city of girls, Vivian and her girlfriends mean to drink the heady highball of life itself to the last drop. And when the legendary English actress Edna Watson comes to the Lily to star in the company's most ambitious show ever, Vivian is entranced by the magic that follows in her wake. But there are hard lessons to be learned, and bitterly regrettable mistakes to be made. Vivian learns that to live the life she wants, she must live many lives, ceaselessly and ingeniously making them new. 'At some point in a woman's life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time. After that, she is free to become whoever she truly is,' she confides. And so Vivian sets forth her story, and that of the women around her - women who have lived as they truly are, out of step with a century that could never quite keep up with them.

______________**A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER*****A BOOK CLUB PICK FROM THE QUEEN CONSORT'S READING ROOM***______________‘Stunning’ - Lisa Taddeo, author of THREE WOMEN‘Warm and wise' - Stephanie Merritt, Observer‘Glamorous, sexy, compelling’ - Dolly Alderton, Sunday Times‘I fell in love with Vivian from page one’ - Daisy Buchanan‘An education in love, and an iridescent delight’ - Rowan Pelling, Spectator______________New York, 1940. Young, glamorous and inseparable, Vivian and Celia are chasing trouble from one end of the city to the other. But there is risk in all this play – that’s what makes it so fun, and so dangerous. Sometimes, the world may feel like it’s ending, but for Vivian and Celia, life is just beginning.City of Girls is about daring to break conventions and follow your desires: a celebration of glamour, resilience, growing up, and the joys of female friendship – and about the freedom that comes from finding a place you truly belong. ______________'There is so much to love in City of Girls' - Independent'Wherever Liz Gilbert goes, we’ll follow' - Oprah magazine, Best book releases'Sensational' - Cosmopolitan'As bubbly as a champagne cocktail but with a real kick in the tail' - Sunday Express'Explores female desire in a radically refreshing way' - independent.co.uk'Brilliant on female friendship, desire and the influence a good mentor can bring to enrich a young woman's life' - Grazia Summer Reads

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and The Signature of All Things, a delicious novel of glamour, sex, and adventure, about a young woman discovering that you don't have to be a good girl to be a good person. "A spellbinding novel about love, freedom, and finding your own happiness." - PopSugar "Intimate and richly sensual, razzle-dazzle with a hint of danger." -USA Today "Pairs well with a cocktail...or two." -TheSkimm "Life is both fleeting and dangerous, and there is no point in denying yourself pleasure, or being anything other than what you are." Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love. In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance. Her affluent parents send her to Manhattan to live with her Aunt Peg, who owns a flamboyant, crumbling midtown theater called the Lily Playhouse. There Vivian is introduced to an entire cosmos of unconventional and charismatic characters, from the fun-chasing showgirls to a sexy male actor, a grand-dame actress, a lady-killer writer, and no-nonsense stage manager. But when Vivian makes a personal mistake that results in professional scandal, it turns her new world upside down in ways that it will take her years to fully understand. Ultimately, though, it leads her to a new understanding of the kind of life she craves - and the kind of freedom it takes to pursue it. It will also lead to the love of her life, a love that stands out from all the rest. Now eighty-nine years old and telling her story at last, Vivian recalls how the events of those years altered the course of her life - and the gusto and autonomy with which she approached it. "At some point in a woman's life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time," she muses. "After that, she is free to become whoever she truly is." Written with a powerful wisdom about human desire and connection, City of Girls is a love story like no other.

Sbornik rasskazov Elizabet Gilbert raskryvaet avtora bestsellera "Est, molitsja, ljubit" s neozhidannoj storony. Tonkij nabljudatel povsednevnogo, neprazdnichnogo byta amerikanskoj provintsii kak budto lovit svoikh personazhej kameroj vidoiskatelja, pozvoljaja nam na mgnovenie uvidet chuzhuju zhizn, okrashennuju teplom i mjagkim jumorom avtorskoj intonatsii.

"Zakonnyj brak" - prodolzhenie znamenitogo romana "Esh, molis, ljubi", v kotorom geroine, Liz Gilbert, predstoit razobratsja v tom, chto takoe semja, zachem ljudi zhenjatsja i nuzhno li ej eto. Ironichnaja i ostroumnaja Liz serezno podoshla k voprosu, ved predyduschee ee zamuzhestvo zakonchilos katastrofoj, i podrobno opisala vse stadii svoego issledovanija, kotoroe pomoglo ej prinjat edinstvenno pravilnoe reshenie.

V "Bolshom volshebstve" izvestnaja amerikanskaja pisatelnitsa Elizabet Gilbert obraschaetsja k issledovaniju sobstvennogo tvorcheskogo protsessa, chtoby podelitsja svoim opytom i mudrostju s temi, kogo interesuet pisatelskoe masterstvo. Balansiruja mezhdu vozvyshennoj dukhovnostju i veselym pragmatizmom, Gilbert prizyvaet nas raskryt dragotsennye grani talanta, tajaschegosja vnutri kazhdogo cheloveka.