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.
曾经对《一辈子做女孩》这本书满含期待,因为它的宣传说希拉里和李银河都推荐了这本书。李银河在她的博客中写道: 前段时间我看了美国作家伊丽莎白•吉尔伯特的《一辈子做女孩》。一个知识女性,为了寻找自己内心的平衡和幸福,抛开家庭去独自旅行的故事。她离了婚,又和情人...
评分这是一个问题。 按照鲁迅先生的说法,女人身上的女儿性和母性是天性,妻性是逼出来的。 原书名倒是颇为直白,吃,祈祷,爱,象什么?难道不象嚼着薯片躺在沙发上和男友看电视的小女孩吗? 女人要是不做一个真正意义上的妻子,那就只有回归自然的天性,要么做女孩,要么做母亲。...
评分我相信,这世上太多事情,太多人与人之间的际遇,是讲求缘分的。 我不得不说的是,中国出版业的编辑,毁掉了不少非常不错的原版书。无论是编辑对原著书的精神的理解,以及拿着低稿费草草了事的翻译们,都是对原著有着某种程度上的曲解。但是,话又说回来,他们也的确是不容易...
评分当内心真的被触动,每个人都会有强烈的反应,对我来说是一种全身发麻,有一簇颤抖遍布于皮肤下。在听到斯美塔那的《伏尔塔瓦河》的主题乐曲时,在听到拉二的高潮部分时,在读到这本书最后的Attraversiamo的时候,明显感觉到从心底直涌上眼眶的那股想要流泪的冲动。 去年十月看...
评分很早以前写的读后感,不算是书评,不过还是给挪过来吧。 看完了《一辈子做女孩》,觉得好像和这个汉语译书名没多大关系,还不如用英文名《eat,pray,love》,更能准确直观地表达出书的每一部分所描写的内容。虽然我觉得作者好像有点精神分裂症,但是看完这本书,还是觉得心灵也...
Eating in Italy,learning pray in india and finding a lover in Indonesia. Fortunately, Liz finally realized that she could not be anyone else but herself, embracing all those anger, shame and sorrow into her heart and accepting they are indispensable parts of her. Be true to yourself, accept who you are and make a difference.
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。
评分好的小说家懂得把道理融在情节中,引导读者代入;好的读者会主动让情节与个人生活体验发生联系,试图解开自身的困惑。作者与读者之间那种yes we've been there的感受,无论励志书写得多么动情都万万做不到啊!
评分看了一张意大利看不下去了,婆婆妈妈~
评分看了一张意大利看不下去了,婆婆妈妈~
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