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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia |  | Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 0143038419
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.4
EAN: 9780143038412
ASIN: 0143038419
Publication Date: January 30, 2007
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 A lovely, lovely find... October 12, 2006
K. Walters (Washington, DC USA)
151 out of 194 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)
47 out of 61 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!
2nd time - LOVED it. April 20, 2008
On my Ipod! (Glenmoore, PA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
GET THE BOOK ON CD - I KNOW - UNORTHODOX BUT - I read this book and liked it. Recommended it for a friend or two and then as a gift for my mother bought the book on CD. My mother, never having heard a book on CD, immediately put it on in the car later that day. As we drove Gilbert's story and voiced entranced me. Having already read the book, the content was familiar but hearing Gilbert's voice and inflection was a whole different experience. Not only was she at liberty to take artistic license with emphasis and inflection, but she truly has a gift for language and accents. Hearing about attending the Italian soccer match with the profanity language lesson was laugh out loud funny. Hear the pain in her voice when discussing her inner turmoil and desire for understanding was heart wrenching.
Since listening to the CD and Gilbert's voice as a whole different media experience, I have purchased the CD for two other "non-reader" friends. They, too, LOVED it. One, undergoing chemo at the time, loved being transported by voice to another's struggle for a relationship with self and God (in all its forms).
Really, really, really recommend the CD!
Highly entertaining August 5, 2006
C. Cox (Atlanta, Georgia)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
There is nothing I like better than to find a book that is so interesting that I don't want to put it down. Eat, Pray, Love was funny, well written and thought provoking. Elizabeth Gilbert has broadened my horizons by writing about places and experiences that most of us will never have. Her search for inner peace and balance takes her to Italy, India and Indonesia and she describes each experience with beautiful prose and great humor. This book will expose you to a variety of perspectives about life, love and religion...I am a better person for having read it.
Life Changing Book February 27, 2007
P. Nathan (NY State)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
The author spins an incredible tale with vivid descriptive language and a comfortable style. The messages about faith, belief systems and the universality of religion are life changing. I found the book authentic, humerous and worth sharing with everyone I know. I am a 60 year old woman who has been in a marriage for 40 years and yet I could identify with the author as she tries to recover from her divorce and search for God, inner peace and love. There are lovely messages about tolerance for differences and embracing bits and pieces of every culture we encounter. That has always been my feeling about life and so this author hit a homerun with me.
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