About this book
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert | Summary & Analysis Preview: Eat, Pray, Love is a memoir of Elizabeth Gilbert’s experiences and relationships on a one-year journey across the world in the pursuit of pleasure, spiritual devotion, and the balance between the two. After her divorce and a failed relationship that followed, Liz embarked on a three-nation journey, with plans to spend four months each in Italy, where she intended to pursue her love of food and language; in India, where she would study at her guru’s ashram, and on the island of Bali in Indonesia, where she hoped to find and maintain balance in her life. Liz’s story begins with a moment of despair that gripped her on her bathroom floor at a time when she was coming to terms with her thoughts of ending her marriage. Though she was not a very religious person, in a moment of desperation, Liz called out to God to ask what to do… PLEASE NOTE: This is summary and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Inside this Instaread Summary of Eat, Pray, Love: · Summary of the book · Important People · Character Analysis · Analysis of the Themes and Author’s Style
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Published
- 2016
- Pages
- 334
- ISBN
- 9780739474181
- Language
- en
About Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert is an award-winning writer of both fiction and non-fiction. Her short story collection Pilgrims was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway award, and her novel Stern Men was a New York Times notable book. Her 2002 book The Last American Man was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critic’s Circle Award. Her memoir, Eat, Pray, Love, spent 57 weeks in the #1 spot on the New York Times paperback bestseller list. It has shipped over 6 million copies in the US and has been published in over thirty languages. A film adaptation of the book was released by Columbia Pictures.
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