Unlike anything else she has ever written ... Its prose has the elegant sheen of a 19th-century epic, but its concerns - the intersection of science and faith, the feminine struggle for fulfilment - are especially modern -- Steve Almond ? International Herald TribuneThe story of Alma Whittaker's journey of discovery has irresistible momentum -- Helen Dunmore ? The TimesMs Gilbert has established herself as a straight-up storyteller who dares us into adventures of worldly discovery, and this novel stands as a winning next act ... A bracing homage to the many natures of genius and the inevitable progress of ideas, in a world that reveals its best truths to the uncommonly patient minds -- Barbara Kingsolver ? International Herald TribuneCharming and compelling ... A big novel in all senses - extensively researched, compellingly readable and with a powerful charm that will surely propel it towards the bestseller lists -- Jane Shilling ? Daily TelegraphGilbert has written the novel of a lifetime ? O, The Oprah MagazineSumptuous ... Gilbert's prose is by turns flinty, funny, and incandescent ? New Yorker Quite simply one of the best novels I have read in years ... a bejewelled, dazzling novel -- Elizabeth Day ? Observer Readers prepared to enter Gilbert Time will be rewarded: she is an unflaggingly curious writer, prone to delightful touches ... Gilbert's period interests seem boundless - she explores everything from self-sacrifice, to homosexuality, Darwinism and Victorian pornography ... This is a novel to be chewed over, slowly -- Lucy Atkins ? Sunday TimesA botanical odyssey through the nineteenth century, global in ambition, revelling in the period's insatiable curiosity about the world ... a tall tale, told with verve and wit ? Guardian Filled with dazzling storytelling -- Susie Boyt ? Financial Times Gilbert writes superbly well -- Wendy Holden ? Daily MailAn intricate, beautifully written historical novel ... A passionate paean to the 19th-century women of science who strove for achievement against the odds -- Anita Sethi ? MetroGilbert's observations, of both characters and locations, make this an unexpected joy and in Alma she has created a truly unforgettable heroine -- Anita Chaudhuri ? Irish ExaminerAstute and funny ... comes with generous helpings of optimism and romance. Cynics need not apply ? Irish Sunday MirrorAmbitious, boldly imagined and packed with authenticating detail, it engages very boldly with the interaction of art and science ? Andrew Motion, GuardianGilbert reminds readers she can do, and undo, narratives through impeccably observed and original stories ? IndependentGilbert shows herself to be a writer at the height of her powers ? O MagazineMagnificent ... I was just a few pages into the book when I felt myself relax, aware that I was in the safe hands of a master story-teller -- Anna Carey ? The Irish TimesMy 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 Biografía del autor

Elizabeth Gilbert is the Number One New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and several other internationally bestselling books of fiction and non-fiction. Her story collection Pilgrims was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway award; The Last American Man was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her follow-up memoir to Eat Pray Love, Committed, became an instant Number One New York Times bestseller. She has published two novels, Stern Men and The Signature of All Things, which was longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize. She lives in New Jersey. www.elizabethgilbert.com @GilbertLiz