Eat, Pray, Love, The Book

C’est sur les recommandations d’une amie que le livre Eat, Pray, Love d’Elisabeth Gilbert a atterri entre mes mains. L’enthousiasme avec lequel elle m ‘a parlé de ce journal de bord de la journaliste New-Yorkaise se chargea d’effacer les avis assez mitigés autour de son adaptation au cinéma.

Je l ‘ai lu en version originale, chose que j ‘estime contribue à saisir la véritable réflexion de l’auteur et à être au plus près de son ressenti c’est pour cela que j ‘essaierai d’en parler dans cette même langue qui me semble transmettre au mieux ce cheminement  particulier d’un esprit en quête de compréhension de soi.

E.Gilbert talks about what made her take the leap and go through this incredible journey to explore pleasure in Italy, meditation in India and to learn how to balance the two in Indonesia.

Her decision to ask for divorce was the turning point in her life. A life, she felt was not hers, neither was that perfect house she owned, nor that perfect husband with whom she was no longer in love. But how can she admit to failure ? The straight A student, the successful journalist, the modern independent woman, well it’s while crying on a bathroom floor that she finally makes up her mind to start her search for inner peace and ultimately her search for God.

a few months later, after a fierce divorce and a complicated “re-bound” relationship, E.Gilbert was given the opportunity to finance her planned trip across the three countries by her editor in order to have this book at the end of it.

Eat, Pray, Love breathes honesty, that’s what struck me the most. the author truly shared a very personal experience. She underwent so many emotional moments and reported faithfully each one of them.

E.Gilbert really has a way of affecting us, we relay to her pain and sufferance and we end up wanting to hold her hand and tell her that everything is going to be ok for her and that now the worst is far behind.

I greatly enjoyed this book, the writing style is neat and efficient, we go through the chapters with no boredom, rocked by the sweet power of the words that feel so carefully chosen.

It is definitely one of the best English books i’ve ever come across !