Eat, Pray, Love (豆瓣)

副标题: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
ISBN: 9780143038412
页数: 334
定价: USD 15.00
出版社: Penguin (Non-Classics)
装帧: 平装
出版年: 2007-01-30

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　　Starred Review. Gilbert (The Last American Man) grafts the structure of romantic fiction upon the inquiries of reporting in this sprawling yet methodical travelogue of soul-searching and self-discovery. Plagued with despair after a nasty divorce, the author, in her early 30s, divides a year equally among three dissimilar countries, exploring her competing urges for earthly del... (展开全部) 　　Starred Review. Gilbert (The Last American Man) grafts the structure of romantic fiction upon the inquiries of reporting in this sprawling yet methodical travelogue of soul-searching and self-discovery. Plagued with despair after a nasty divorce, the author, in her early 30s, divides a year equally among three dissimilar countries, exploring her competing urges for earthly delights and divine transcendence. First, pleasure: savoring Italy's buffet of delights--the world's best pizza, free-flowing wine and dashing conversation partners--Gilbert consumes la dolce vita as spiritual succor. "I came to Italy pinched and thin," she writes, but soon fills out in waist and soul. Then, prayer and ascetic rigor: seeking communion with the divine at a sacred ashram in India, Gilbert emulates the ways of yogis in grueling hours of meditation, struggling to still her churning mind. Finally, a balancing act in Bali, where Gilbert tries for equipoise "betwixt and between" realms, studies with a merry medicine man and plunges into a charged love affair. Sustaining a chatty, conspiratorial tone, Gilbert fully engages readers in the year's cultural and emotional tapestry--conveying rapture with infectious brio, recalling anguish with touching candor--as she details her exotic tableau with history, anecdote and impression.
　　Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
　　
　　
　　 At the age of thirty-one, Gilbert moved with her husband to the suburbs of New York and began trying to get pregnant, only to realize that she wanted neither a child nor a husband. Three years later, after a protracted divorce, she embarked on a yearlong trip of recovery, with three main stops: Rome, for pleasure (mostly gustatory, with a special emphasis on gelato); an ashram outside of Mumbai, for spiritual searching; and Bali, for "balancing." These destinations are all on the beaten track, but Gilbert's exuberance and her self-deprecating humor enliven the proceedings: recalling the first time she attempted to speak directly to God, she says, "It was all I could do to stop myself from saying, 'I've always been a big fan of your work.'"
　　 Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
　　
　　
　　 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. It's a considerable achievement because she is still stalked by Depression and Loneliness, which she casts as "Pinkerton Detectives" -- Depression, the wise guy, and Loneliness, "the more sensitive cop." They frisk her, "empty my pockets of any joy I had been carrying" and relentlessly interrogate her about why she thinks she deserves a vacation, considering what a mess she's made of her life. After literally eating herself out of depression, she returns to the United States for Christmas holidays. Next stop: the ashram. It seems Gilbert has been a student of yoga and meditation for years. Her rural Indian experience features Gilbert grappling mightily with some of the meditative practices. She finds quirky co-practitioners such as Richard from Texas, a former truck driver, alcoholic and Birkenstock dealer. Richard nicknames her "Groceries" because of her appetite at meals and offers wise advice. Picture Willie Nelson in a non-singing cameo role. Gilbert acknowledges that Americans have had difficulty accepting the idea of meditation and gurus, and she does a mostly fine job in making her ashram education accessible. She deftly sketches the physical stress of sitting in one position for hours, as well as the metaphysical stress of staying on message. Still, Gilbert sounds like a giddy teenager as she describes her relationship with Swamiji, the yogi who founded the ashram where she is studying: "I'm finding that all I want is Swamiji. All I feel is Swamiji.... It's the Swamiji channel, round the clock." The concluding 36 beads find Gilbert in Bali, palling around with an ageless medicine man who looks like Yoda, a Balinese mother and nurse, Wayan, who is a refugee from domestic violence, and other colorful characters. Gilbert is healed enough by now to render a really good deed: She raises $18,000 via e-mail from American friends for Wayan to buy a house. ("Jen: Bigger Do-Gooder Than Brad?") And after 18 months of self-imposed celibacy, she finds mature, truer love thanks to a charming older Brazilian businessman. Eat, Pray, Love as a whole actually is better than its 108 beads. By the time she and her lover sailed into a Bali sunset, Gilbert had won me over. She's a gutsy gal, this Liz, flaunting her psychic wounds and her search for faith in a pop-culture world, and her openness ultimately rises above its glib moments. Memo to Jen -- option this book. -- Grace Lichtenstein is a travel writer and author of six books who lives in New York and Santa Fe, N.M.
　　Reviewed by Grace Lichtenstein
　　Copyright 2006, The Washington Post. All Rights Reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
　　
　　
　　 It's easy to envy Elizabeth Gilbert: she has had a run of successful, critically lauded books (National Book Award finalist for The Last American Man; Pushcart Prize winner for Pilgrims) and has sustained a successful career as a journalist for Spin and GQ. Her "trademark conversational" prose (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) is on display in her first memoir-cum-travelogue, yet not all reviewers are pleasantly engaged. They agree that the 108 chapters of the book (the same number of Buddhist prayer beads on a japa mala) are filled with interesting characters and vivid descriptions. But some critics feel Gilbert's likability and humor obscure the deeper themes of her search for enlightenment.
　　Copyright © 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
　　
　　
　　 Elizabeth Gilbert was a 30-year-old successful journalist with a perfect life (husband, fancy New York City apartment, fabulous weekend home) when she realized she was miserable. After surviving an acrimonious divorce, Gilbert sold her remaining possessions to spend a year abroad--four months each in three countries with nothing in common except starting with the letter "I." The author's reading of this memoir adds depth; she's obviously not a professional narrator, but her vocal presence provides vivid color and quirky humor as she eats (in Italy), prays (in India), and finds love (in Indonesia). This is a delightful memoir that explores exotic countries as well as the author's heart and soul. N.M.C. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
　　
　　
　　 *Starred Review* Gilbert, author of The Last American Man (2002) and a well-traveled I'll-try-anything-once journalist, chronicles her intrepid quest for spiritual healing. Driven to despair by a punishing divorce and an anguished love affair, Gilbert flees New York for sojourns in the three Is. She goes to Italy to learn the language and revel in the cuisine, India to meditate in an ashram, and Indonesia to reconnect with a healer in Bali. This itinerary may sound self-indulgent or fey, but there is never a whiny or pious or dull moment because Gilbert is irreverent, hilarious, zestful, courageous, intelligent, and in masterful command of her sparkling prose. A captivating storyteller with a gift for enlivening metaphors, Gilbert is Anne Lamott's hip, yoga-practicing, footloose younger sister, and readers will laugh and cry as she recounts her nervy and outlandish experiences and profiles the extraordinary people she meets. As Gilbert switches from gelato to kundalini Shakti to herbal cures Balinese-style, she ponders the many paths to divinity, the true nature of happiness, and the boon of good-hearted, sexy love. Gilbert's sensuous and audacious spiritual odyssey is as deeply pleasurable as it is enlightening. Donna Seaman
　　Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
　　
　　
　　 This is a wonderful book, brilliant and personal, rich in spiritual insight.
　　
　　
　　 This is a wonderful book, brilliant and personal, rich in spiritual insight. (Anne Lamott)
　　
　　Gilberts prose is fueled by a mix of intelligence, wit and colloquial exuberance that is close to irresistible. (The New York Times Book Review)
　　
　　An engaging, intelligent, and highly entertaining memoir. (Time)
　　
　　A meditation on love in its many formslove of food, language, humanity, God, and most meaningful for Gilbert, love of self. (Los Angeles Times)
　　
　　This insightful, funny account of her travels reads like a mix of Susan Orlean and Frances Mayes. (Entertainment Weekly)
　　
　　
　　 An engaging, intelligent, and highly entertaining memoir.
　　
　　
　　 A meditation on love in its many formslove of food, language, humanity, God, and most meaningful for Gilbert, love of self.
　　
　　
　　 This insightful, funny account of her travels reads like a mix of Susan Orlean and Frances Mayes.　　

作者简介 · · · · · ·

　　伊莉莎白·吉尔伯特，小说家、新闻记者、两度获得National Magazine Award 深度报导奖，作品The Last American Man 入选美国国家图书奖决赛名单及2002年纽约时代年代好书，故事集Pilgrims获得Paris Review 最佳新人小说等奖项。曾为知名杂志GQ、Bazaar、The New York Magazine撰稿。

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I had a great journey with Liz
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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 inv...... (3回应)

2008-02-25 4/4有用

女孩的书?
memorykeeper(keep running)

突然发现豆瓣上这本书的书评都是女孩写的.难道这是一本女孩子的书? 这本书是关于一个女人的情感经历.讲述一个30多岁的大女孩如何找到内心的宁静和满足. 不是每个人都适合稳定的生活,所以并不奇怪有的人会突然在半夜三点醒来,躲在浴室里哭泣,对自己说:我不想要婚姻,不想要什么大房子,不想要孩...... (5回应)

2009-03-10 1/1有用

it gives you more than a book
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just finish the book,and can't help reading it again.... Only a person having the sense of humour, experiencing a tough time of life, and turning out to be a s......

2008-06-19 1/1有用

还正在看
小青

在上海浦东机场买了这本书，到现在已经有一个月时间，居然还没看完没有以前想的那么好看其实刚开始没想到这是本小说，以为是那种枕边书觉得开头写的挺无聊的，我再继续看把...... (10回应)

2008-09-26

pure life, path to your heart
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上山下乡期间，在飞机和县城的小旅店里被刺鼻的烟味呛得我睡不着觉的时候，看完了一本书。恰好是妇女节，这本书给我这样的妇女很开心地阅读体验。只是觉得书名翻译得太俗，而且和书的内容可以说是毫无瓜葛。好像是为了抢眼为了商业的推广，硬是把《人比黄花瘦》改成了《我被包养的七年》。话归正题，这本书的作者是伊丽......

2008-03-24 1/1有用

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malili

《Eat pray love》（《美味，祈祷和爱》） Elizabeth Gilbert Penguin books Dollar 7.99 J送来这本书的韩英两个版本，用品蓝缎子匝好，新年礼物。纽约时报排名第一畅销书。礼品到手，马黎黎看原版，米人看韩版。两人都被书中幽默俏皮逗得傻笑，还每天对：“我看到印......

2009-01-19

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很好很好。
toreadme(400余种外文图书，1折左右。)

外文进口图书价格都很贵，好多小本的都得上百。并且因为外国环保，所以除去精装书外，一般的平装书做工很粗糙，整体没有中文的正版图书质量好，性价比很低。介绍个好资源，国内制作的高仿外文图书，质量很好，价钱只相当于正版的1折左右，有很高的性价比。(http://shop57690751.taobao.com)，小店精选......

2009-11-05

饭祷爱
幻儿

就是《Eat Pray Love》啦。我实在是佩服中文版的翻译，居然叫做《一辈子做女孩》：不是音译不是意译，与书的形式内容全无关联。译者是怎么想到这个名字的？我把它翻译成饭祷爱，因为英文标题的三个字都是单音节，汉语也应该用单音词，再加上众所周知的原因，使这三个字念起来非常顺口。所以就这样啦。这本非小说自从被宇宙...... (1回应)

2009-05-14 1/1有用

Find yourself in Bali....
那时花开(一个人读书，走路，寻找，等待)

I was in bali when i started reading it ,,,, I was thinking about learn how to pray at that time,,, I was fighting with my loneliness, work pressure ,and unba......

2009-04-24

Spiritual journy with Liz
枣儿

I seldom read any life-changing books and had thought this one will fall into this scope.But fortunately it's NOT.Sometimes I find many similarities with Liz ......

2009-04-24

向往一种生活方式
沙发土豆

Eat, Pray, Love是姐姐给我的礼物，也是2008年失败的读书计划下（每月读一本书）硕果仅存的几本之一。读Eat之前，从来没有对英文书作者的文笔有过特别的感觉。打开Eat，就很快爱上了Liz的文风。开篇她对“I wish Giovanni would kiss me”那种矛盾心理的风趣刻画，绝对堪称经...... (2回应)

2009-02-28

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