| Titre : |
Eat, Pray, Love |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Elizabeth Gilbert |
| Editeur : |
Bloomsbury |
| Année de publication : |
2006 |
| Importance : |
349 p. |
| Format : |
18 cm |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-0-7475-8935-8 |
| Catégories : |
[Centre d'intérêt] Livre en anglais
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| Index. décimale : |
843 |
| Résumé : |
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. |
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Eat, Pray, Love
