It's difficult for me to understand the fame and success the book Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert has gained around the world. I do not agree with its fame at all.
I'm in Italy and I am bored, how does that happen? I agree with Gilbert and her love for Italy and everything Italian that's why I am so confused with being bored. To me this should be a tale of a beautiful language, good food (after all Italy symbolises the Eat in the title), living La Dolce Vita. How can I possibly be bored? But I am.
The book is an autobiography and my moral conscious tells me to be sensitive about the author's feelings. After all she has been very brave, opening her heart and soul to the world. But it is just not to my taste, too much whining. She's in Italy, fulfilling her dream, a dream most people could just dream about and still she spend most of the time dwelling in her past.
I am curious about the film of the same name, based on the book, however, hopefully Julia Roberts can lift the story.
Josefine
Title: Eat, Pray, Love Author: Elizabeth Gilbert ISBN: 978-1-4088-0866-5
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