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Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. On verso of t.p.: Author's edition v. 1. Auld licht idylls. Better dead.--v. 2.
Plagued with despair after a nasty divorce, the author, in her early 30s, divides a year equally among three dissimilar countries, exploring her competing urges for earthly delights and divine transcendence. First, pleasure: savoring Italy's buffet of delights--the world's best pizza, free-flowing wine and dashing conversation partners--Gilbert consumes la dolce vita as spiritual succor. "I came to Italy pinched and thin," she writes, but soon fills out in waist and soul.