A celebrated writer’s irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure, spiritual devotion, and what she really wanted out of life
Around the time Elizabeth Gilbert turned thirty, she went through an early-onslaught midlife crisis. She had everything an educated, ambitious American woman was supposed to want—a husband, a house, a successful career. But instead of feeling happy and fulfilled, she was consumed with panic, grief, and confusion. She went through a divorce, a crushing depression, another failed love, and the eradication of everything she ever thought she was supposed to be.
To recover from all this, Gilbert took a radical step. In order to give herself the time and space to find out who she really was and what she really wanted, she got rid of her belongings, quit her job, and undertook a yearlong journey around the world—all alone. Eat, Pray, Love is the absorbing chronicle of that year. Her aim was to visit three places where she could examine one aspect of her own nature set against the backdrop of a culture that has traditionally done that one thing very well. In Rome, she studied the art of pleasure, learning to speak Italian and gaining the twenty-three happiest pounds of her life. India was for the art of devotion, and with the help of a native guru and a surprisingly wise cowboy from Texas, she embarked on four uninterrupted months of spiritual exploration. In Bali, she studied the art of balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence. She became the pupil of an elderly medicine man and also fell in love the best way—unexpectedly.
An intensely articulate and moving memoir of self-discovery, Eat, Pray, Love is about what can happen when you claim responsibility for your own contentment and stop trying to live in imitation of society’s ideals. It is certain to touch anyone who has ever woken up to the unrelenting need for change.
Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of a story collection, Pilgrims (a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award), a novel, Stern Men, and, most recently, The Last American Man, a finalist for the National Book Award in Nonfiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award. As a journalist, she wrote for GQ for five years and was nominated three times for the National Magazine Award.
还没看完,是被她开头的无助描写吸引的。同事看见书上的一句话“不想结婚”,而把本书界定为会教坏我的书,有些冤枉了
评分 评分Before I got the book, I had heard so much about the author, about how great the book is, and about how people's lives changed because of it. Even Oprah invited Elizabeth Gilbert to her show twice! I am always very alert to those "life-changing" books,e...
评分还没看完,是被她开头的无助描写吸引的。同事看见书上的一句话“不想结婚”,而把本书界定为会教坏我的书,有些冤枉了
评分This is not a classic, or perhaps not of much literary value at all, but this is a book that has truly spoken to me when I was reading it. I laughed with her in Italy, meditated with her in India and liberated with her in Indonesia. It's definitely a book t...
还没有看完,看了200多页,叙述的内容还都能看懂。。。罗马,印度,里面居然还提到达赖,说是他能够见到上帝。。。。 读完了,比较容易读懂,生词不多,后来都能猜到单词的意思了。 主人公最后在bali找到了period partner. 不能免俗阿
评分在很长的一段时间里缓慢地一字一句读完。不是说它有多好,但它陪伴了我一段很特殊很艰难的日子。尤其是有些struggle重合的地方,她在阐述解救自己的语言里实际上也解救了我。
评分1. Others cannot hurt you unless you let them; 2. God helps those who help themselves.
评分看了一张意大利看不下去了,婆婆妈妈~
评分感恩每一天,THANKS~
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