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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)
Category: Book
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Rating:  2391 reviews
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Media: Paperback
Edition: Reissue
Pages: 352
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 0143118420
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.4
EAN: 9780143118428
ASIN: 0143118420
Publication Date: June 29, 2010
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This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success (marriage, house in the country, career) and find, instead, what she truly wanted from life. Setting out for a year to study three different aspects of her nature amid three different cultures, Gilbert explored the art of pleasure in Italy and the art of devotion in India, and then a balance between the two on the Indonesian island of Bali. By turns rapturous and rueful, this wise and funny author (whom Booklist calls "Anne Lamotts hip, yoga- practicing, footloose younger sister") is poised to garner yet more adoring fans.
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 Fascinating Journey, Annoying Companion September 5, 2010
Jiang Xueqin (Toronto, Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Four months of languae study in Rome. Four months of yoga study in an Ashram in India. Four months of hanging out on the beach at Bali. Elizabeth Gilbert's journey in "Eat Pray Love" is a glorified gap year, and indeed there's something extremely juvenile and lame about the entire journey.
Don't get me wrong. I would love to be paid by a publisher to study and gorge myself in Rome, then chill with other wealthy, enlightened expatriates in India, before just hanging out in Bali. But if my travel companion were a manic depressive, self-obsessed, and neurotic successful writer I would very quickly need to hop on the next plane home. This book was very hard to get through because the writer is more annoying than sympathetic, and the writing from this professional writer can sometimes be just silly and mediocre: "The next morning in meditation, all my caustic old hateful thoughts come up again. I'm starting to think of them as irritating telemarketers, always calling at the most inopportune moments."
There are some honestly funny moments in the book, and because I love to eat and I practice yoga the first two-thirds of the book were bearable for me (the idea of hanging out at an island resort with a bunch of drunk expatriates had no appeal for me so I flipped through the last third), but what really sells and saves the book is that there are actually a lot of neurotic women out there (who, for whaver reason, all decide to congregate in New York) who also wish that a publisher would pay a trip around the world for them to meet beautiful Italian men, find enlightenment and transcedence in India, and fall madly in love with a Brazilian in Bali. In other words, this book is a marketing gimmick, and it's a very annoying one at that.
Because this book is marketing gimmick, the entire journey is cheapened. The author says that she's escaping a broken life in New York. Yes, she's going through a messy divorce, but it's because she's decided she's bored with her husband. Yes, she's stuck in a co-dependent relationship with a lover, but it's because she's a depressive and is looking for this sort of self-destruction. So she says that she's going to go on a journey of self-discovery. But it'll be one year, in three different places, will be paid by someone else, and there'll be a book at the end of the journey. This contradicts everything she says is good, noble, and beautiful: living for living's sake, being always present, finding comfort and beauty in the moment. Would an Italian or an Indian or a Balinese find himself in such a lame contradiction? Only a self-obsessed ambitious New Yorker. Enlightenment is good, but only if it's from 5-6pm Monday to Thursday, right before spinning class.
Here's a book about a New Yorker who has everything, goes on a journey to learn that everything is nothing, and decides she wants everything and nothing at the same time.
 Thought Provoking September 4, 2010
Doc
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book not only keeps you entertained throughout but is very thought provoking as well. She writes with a quick wit and sense of humor that, although the subject matter is sometimes rather deep and serious, you can't help but chuckle all the way through it. It leaves you thinking about what you've read long after you've closed the book for that day. I found myself thinking, "I'll just finish this chapter and then go do ............" whatever, but before I knew it, I'd be in the middle of the next chapter and completely forgot to close the book and go "do whatever"! Well worth the read! Can't wait to see if the movie lives up to the book.
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
A good summer read.. September 4, 2010
Dragana
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The movie got so much media attention but it ended up being a flop. I got sucked into the marketing scheme and purchased this book to read while on summer vacation. Overall a good book, but also a forgettable one. I have yet to see the movie, but I will rent it once it's out on DVD.
Not as good as I thought it would be September 3, 2010
Linda Rockhill
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
(3.5 stars)I thought this was going to be a book about eating, spirituality and love. As it turns out, it's all of that and also about making mistakes, forgiving yourself and starting over. Gilbert's writing style is open and honest as she shares her journey of finding balance and contentment in her life. She does this through completely immersing herself in three different cultures. Italy is all about the food and the intimacy of sharing meals with friends, not denying yourself simple pleasures and giving yourself permission to do nothing. India is the spiritual part of her journey. Here she conquers the art of meditation and learns the meaning of some inspirational Sanskrit phrases. This part is especially interesting for those who practice yoga or meditation. And then there's my favorite section of the book, Indonesia. Its breathtaking beauty is the perfect backdrop for finding balance and love. Gilbert writes with a delightful mix of humor and wit in a style that is easy to read and flows nicely. However, there are several sections that are slow and slightly tedious, with too much descriptive detail and no movement in plot. In short, anyone struggling with divorce or feeling disconnected to their life will easily relate to and take comfort in reading this book. Travel journal enthusiasts will also find it delightful and a great escape or those on their own spiritual journey.
 Great September 3, 2010
Ann Sanford
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great - the book is what I thought it would be. Shipping was on time and got here in perfect shape. Thanks - A+
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