{"product_id":"sex-death-enlightenment-a-true-story-9781948626255","title":"Sex Death Enlightenment: A True Story","description":"\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\u003e\"Mark 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\u003e\"An 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\u003e\"Brave, beautiful and brilliantly observed.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Monkfish Book Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948626255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d","brand":"Mark Matousek","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36672675709084,"sku":"9781948626255","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0d2f7cab-1b3a-4510-9ca8-ced42f5c2093.jpg?v=1603928145","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sex-death-enlightenment-a-true-story-9781948626255","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}