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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia |  | Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
Publisher: Viking Adult
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 0670034711
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.4
EAN: 9780670034710
ASIN: 0670034711
Publication Date: February 16, 2006
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From Publishers Weekly:
Starred Review. Gilbert (The Last American Man) grafts the structure of romantic fiction upon the inquiries of reporting in this sprawling yet methodical travelogue of soul-searching and self-discovery. 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. Then, prayer and ascetic rigor: seeking communion with the divine at a sacred ashram in India, Gilbert emulates the ways of yogis in grueling hours of meditation, struggling to still her churning mind. Finally, a balancing act in Bali, where Gilbert tries for equipoise "betwixt and between" realms, studies with a merry medicine man and plunges into a charged love affair. Sustaining a chatty, conspiratorial tone, Gilbert fully engages readers in the year's cultural and emotional tapestry - conveying rapture with infectious brio, recalling anguish with touching candor - as she details her exotic tableau with history, anecdote and impression.
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 A lovely, lovely find... October 12, 2006
K. Walters (Washington, DC USA)
146 out of 184 found this review helpful
I heard this book discussed briefly earlier this year on the Today Show and decided to order it since, at the time, I was in the throws of my own divorce. Ms. Gilbert chronicles her international journey of self-discovery with such amazing detail and tenderness and humor that I recommend this book to anyone who has found him or herself in a place or state that he or she would like to change or leave (I imagine, that's everyone!). The story is engrossing and the writing is skillful. I couldn't put it down, and I feel more empowered to follow my own dreams and heart after finishing the book. That's 5-star material if I've ever seen it.
Even in my underpants I can feel it May 19, 2008
kaioatey (Awatovi, AZ)
41 out of 51 found this review helpful
Liz Gilbert almost got me. As she starts her Italian adventure I was preparing myself for a pulpy read with easy (and possibly undeserved) laughs. And before that, the Amazon reviews almost scared me away. Boy, what a mistake that'd be! This is a spiritual book in the true sense of the word. Although I kept laughing throughout the book, its simplicity is deceptive. Between the lines, Gilbert is about so much more: vitality, coming into one's own, creating reality and matching the soul's aspirations to the delicious unpredictability of life.
After divorcing her husband (who is portrayed rather unflatteringly as a greedy and vindictive sob) the author decamps for the fountains of Rome where she makes great friends, samples excellent food and learns about the pleasure of dolce far niente from the world's masters in this important art. Here is a quote from Liz's book on why Italy, which has produced some of the greatest artistic, political and scientific minds of all ages, has never become a major world power: The Italian history of corruption by local leaders (a la Mussolini and Berlusconi) and exploitation by foreign dominators [France, Austria, Spain etc]
"has led Italians to draw the seemingly accurate conclusion that nobody and nothing in this world can be trusted. Because the world is so corrupted and unfair, one should trust only what one can experience with one's one senses, and THIS makes senses stronger in Italy than anywhere in Europe. This is why Italians will tolerate hideously incompetent generals, presidents, tyrants, professors, journalists and captains of industry but will never tolerate incompetent opera singers, conductors, ballerinas, courtesans, actors, cooks and tailors. Sometimes only beauty can be trusted. Only artistic excellence is incorruptible. Pleasure cannot be bargained down. And sometimes the meal is the only currency that is real."
This book is essentially revolving about beauty - of friendship, inner life, good taste (and food) and, not least, the ever elusive bounty that is bestowed by a life that is lived well.
In India Liz stays in a celebrity ashram north of Bombay where she has a couple of transcendent experiences whereas in Bali she befriends locals in the beautiful town of Ubud. In fact, her capacity for friendship - the genius of it - together with the honest and unflinching ability to face herself is something that I found very cool. So what if she has bad taste when it comes to men? To me, her naivete in all things male is simply a (n attractive) measure of her femininity and humanness. In any case, Liz's description of finding her inner strength is better than those of most self-styled guru and self-help "authority" out there, including by the controversial Gurumayi herself.
As I started to write my review in here i was kinda surprised (actually i wasn;t surprised at all) how violently some people react to the book. There is some real vitriol here, doubtlessly reflecting the (very real) American horror of idleness and pleasure, of decoupling from the "productive" life of the hive. There seem to be many, oh so many, envious and unfulfilled divorcees out there. To me it seems that many reviewers can't decide whether they are more insulted by Liz's snub of Puritan ethics or her hedonic streak, glamor (the bit of it that seeps between the lines) and courage to end a suffocating marriage. I imagine the very idea of spending a year "finding oneself" is anathema to the hard working hoi polloi. Yet - what else matters in this vale of tears?
A second set of reviewers is responding with a weary "been there done that" (lived amongst the Afghans and the Okies, spent time in ashrams, etc, haha) - never realizing that is the *spirit* of the author, her natural inclination to befriend her fellow humans and not to be better than they are, that represents a main draw of the book.
Is it true that one can live one's life in an ever expanding circle of vitality and joy? Liz Gilbert gives us a resounding YES. So what if she was paid to write about herself - this is what travel writers do for living. Having had my share of humbling and uplifting experiences I know for sure that she is not faking anything - her spiritual insights are the real deal. In my mind, she provides us with a XXI century (US) version of Lawrence Durrell's travelogues - only more light-hearted, self-deprecating and courageous. Bravissima!
The "I"s Have It February 20, 2008
Holly M. Bowers (Brooklyn, NY)
22 out of 28 found this review helpful
In my mind it is no coincidence that Elizabeth Gilbert only chose to travel to countries that begin with the letter "I". Her journey was all about self-discovery - all about the "me" - all about the "I"! Because of her mastery at crafting beautiful images, dialogue and characters I too was able to join on this journey. She made it so easy for me to taste the sweetness of pistachio gelato while sitting by an ancient moss-covered fountain. I wanted to take the next flight to Rome and speak the idioms she lovingly shared. I just knew that her favorite phrase "attraversiamo" would roll off my tongue like a native. The phrase means "let's cross over" and that's exactly what I did as she traveled to each new country. I traversed terrains filled with pleasure, self-doubt, joy, resistance, surrender and finally well-being. The well-being came wrapped in a cloth I'll call "self-love".
It is no coincidence that the book "Eat, Pray, Love" crossed my path. Guests would come to stay at my home and leave their copy on the coffee table. Subway rides were enlivened by counting how many times I saw the pasta, prayer bead, and orchid cover spelling out the title name. I do believe that serendipity has a marvelous way of leading us to the places we need to go. It led me to reading "Eat, Pray, Love" as well as another gem Being Here: Modern Day Tales of Enlightenment. If you like journeys of the mind, journeys of the heart or journeys where you live and love the moment -don't miss reading these two jewels.
Delightful February 1, 2009
Stephanie Bauer
30 out of 39 found this review helpful
A delightful book, entertaining and full of wisdom. The author takes us along on her year-long journey to find her true self. Her account feels honest and yet has a lot of humor. Sprinkled in is interesting information about the countries she is visiting which I enjoyed as well.
Another book I enjoyed reading is Working on Yourself Doesn't Work: The 3 Simple Ideas That Will Instantaneously Transform Your Life by Ariel and Shya Kane. It offers surprisingly simple ideas for everyday enlightenment.
Both books are fun to read and I found them very inspirational!
Smile, Laugh, Cry...A MUST READ February 20, 2006
Venetia Moon (USA)
19 out of 24 found this review helpful
This book (somehow memoir doesn't seem to do justice to what Gilbert has produced) will make you silent in realizing profound and great wisdom before making you blurt sudden laughter upon reading the very next page. Everything that a full human life has...it is all here: the rough, tough, and heart-breaking mixed alongside the soaring, transcending heights of joy and love. But it isn't merely a neat packaging of a complex life that will make you feel privileged to witness. This book is a gift calling you to actively seek out a fuller life for your own self--not in some self-help way--but by offering keys to (often subtle) realizations about what your own life is and could be. It is Gilbert's telling of her journey with such open truth and unfailing sincerity that calls you to look with clarity at yourself and not just be a bystander to her or your own life. Because Gilbert shares so deeply, it is a book that you will read and then instantly share with another.
IN SHORT: In this poignant account of one woman's journey, you ultimately feel connected not only to the people that populate the pages, but also to the larger workings of your own life and the universe.
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