具体描述
The only thing wrong with this readable, funny memoir of a magazine writer's yearlong travels across the world in search of pleasure and balance is that it seems so much like a Jennifer Aniston movie. Like Jen, Liz is a plucky blond American woman in her thirties with no children and no major money worries. As the book opens, she is going through a really bad divorce and subsequent stormy rebound love affair. Awash in tears in the middle of the night on the floor of the bathroom, she begins to pray for guidance, “you know —— like, to God.” God answers. He tells her to go back to bed. I started seeing the Star headlines： “Jen's New Faith！” “What Really Happened at the Ashram！” “Jen's Brazilian Sugar Daddy —— Exclusive Photos！” Please understand that Gilbert, whose earlier nonfiction book, The Last American Man, portrayed a contemporary frontiersman, is serious about her quest. But because she never leaves her self-deprecating humor at home, her journey out of depression and toward belief lacks a certain gravitas. The book is composed of 108 short chapters (based on the beads in a traditional Indian japa mala prayer necklace) that often come across as scenes in a movie. And however sad she feels or however deeply she experiences something, she can't seem to avoid dressing up her feelings in prose that can get too cute and too trite. On the other hand, she convinced me that she acquired more wisdom than most young American seekers —— and did it without peyote buttons or other classic hippie medicines. When Gilbert determines that she requires a year of healing, her first stop is Italy, because she feels she needs to immerse herself in a language and culture that worships pleasure and beauty. This sets the stage for a “Jen's Romp in Rome,” where she studies Italian and, with newfound friends, searches for the best pizza in the world......
作者简介
Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of a story collection, Pilgrims (a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award); a novel, Stern Men; and The Last American Man (a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award).
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补充一下本书作者在TED的演讲，这个演讲在TED近千个演讲中排名前三(基于观众“Favorite”投票)，尤其后半部分讲得极好，Elizabeth是很有慧根的那种人，这在她的文字和演讲里多有体现，下面是上周刚翻好的中文字幕版本： http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/chi_hans/elizabeth_gilb...
评分放下：当你一觉醒来，感觉不再有热情，不再有热度，不再有火花，不再有信仰，那么，勇敢地出发吧。 静默：不要用眼睛看世界，用心去看，你会更接近心中的神明。 平衡：去爱、去相信，追寻内心的答案，当双脚再次触碰到大地，你会走得真实而坚定。
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...
评分迄今为止，对这本书最不满意的就是中文译名，一辈子做女孩。如果有的时候对书的名字拿捏的不是很准的话，不如直接按字面翻译，可能结果要好一些。不过，除了名字之外，其他整本书的翻译都很灵，看起来很舒服。 我想，书的作者不仅仅是想要女孩般干净，年轻，宁静的心态，更是...
评分第2本 Eat, Pray, Love 书名：Eat, Pray, Love 作者：Elizabeth Gilbert, U.S.A 篇幅：445页，132559个单词 难度：没办法用首万词来测试，其实生词也很多，不过因为兴趣问题读了下来 用时：前部分读了三年，最后一半用透析法仅仅读了四天左右 词典：手机上的金山词霸 透析成...
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Liz is an emotional person,but pls believe urself more than mantras...pls pls~~at least,live in AmericaAustraliaBrazilBali,,,,it only belongs to Capitalism
评分Liz is an emotional person,but pls believe urself more than mantras...pls pls~~at least,live in AmericaAustraliaBrazilBali,,,,it only belongs to Capitalism
评分Italy≥India>>Indonesia. 很长很厚，看了好久，不过还算值得。A road to the soul.
评分上班偷闲三个月读完，是时候考虑辞职去泰国旅行了呢｜2014.10 Thailand√
评分一个更心灵鸡汤味儿的《遇见未知世界》。。。治愈系的风格，就是写的太墨迹了。坚持看完主要是为了练阅读速度。
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