{"product_id":"sex-death-enlightenment-a-true-story-9781948626255","title":"Sex Death Enlightenment: A True  Story","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt''s hard to know when you''re having a breakdown in New York City. The symptoms of living here, succeeding here, and losing your mind here are almost identical. So begins Matousek''s 1996 breakout memoir about leaving a fast-track publishing life (working for pop artist Andy Warhol at \u003ci\u003eInterview Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e) and hitting the dharma trail in search of a meaningful life and spiritual wisdom. Hailed by Publisher''s Weekly as brave, beautiful, and brilliantly observed, \u003ci\u003eSex Death Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e became an international best seller (published in 10 countries). Like Elizabeth Gilbert in \u003ci\u003eEat Pray Love\u003c\/i\u003e and Paul Monette in \u003ci\u003eBorrowed Time\u003c\/i\u003e, Matousek takes the reader on an insightful, rollicking search for answers to life''s deepest questions in this landmark memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Matousek takes you everywhere his title promises  and then some. \u003ci\u003eSex Death Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e is the most gripping and elegantly written memoir I've read in ages. It tugged me onward like the best suspense novel, though I couldn't help lingering time and again to savor its wisdom. Armistead Maupin, author of \u003ci\u003eTales of the City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn extraordinarily articulate chronicle of how the sickness of our time can spawn spiritual awakening and compassion. Ram Dass, author of \u003ci\u003eBe Here Now\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGrist For the Mill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrave, beautiful and brilliantly observed. \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Monkfish Book Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360291946839,"sku":"9781948626255","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781948626255.jpg?v=1754127242","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sex-death-enlightenment-a-true-story-9781948626255","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}