Pilgrims
by: Elizabeth Gilbert
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Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of a short story collection, Pilgrims -- a finalistfor the PEN/Hemingway Award, and winner of the 1999 John C. Zacharis First BookAward from Ploughshares -- and a novel, Stern Men. A Pushcart Prize winner andNational Magazine Award-nominated journalist, she works as writer-at-large forGQ. Her journalism has been published in Harper's Bazaar, Spin, and The New YorkTimes Magazine, and her stories have appeared in Esquire, Story, and the ParisReview. At age seventeen, Eustace Conway, arguably thepinnacle of Americanmasculinity, left the comfortof his middle-class suburban home to live inthewoods. Back then he considered himself a manof destiny -- a true frontiersman,who, by example, could lead soulless consumer-happy Americans to a more naturalstate of existence. He hasn't succeeded -- despite twenty years of trying -- buthe hasn't given up. Below, Elizabeth Gilbert muses about what drives thisextraordinary man, and how meeting him changed her.
Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of a short story collection, Pilgrims -- a finalistfor the PEN/Hemingway Award, and winner of the 1999 John C. Zacharis First BookAward from Ploughshares -- and a novel, Stern Men. A Pushcart Prize winner andNational Magazine Award-nominated journalist, she works as writer-at-large forGQ. Her journalism has been published in Harper's Bazaar, Spin, and The New YorkTimes Magazine, and her stories have appeared in Esquire, Story, and the ParisReview. At age seventeen, Eustace Conway, arguably thepinnacle of Americanmasculinity, left the comfortof his middle-class suburban home to live inthewoods. Back then he considered himself a manof destiny -- a true frontiersman,who, by example, could lead soulless consumer-happy Americans to a more naturalstate of existence. He hasn't succeeded -- despite twenty years of trying -- buthe hasn't given up. Below, Elizabeth Gilbert muses about what drives thisextraordinary man, and how meeting him changed her.
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- Audiobook version of Pilgrim's
I really enjoyed losing myself in Pilgrim's random slice of Americana. Each story is a microcosm of its own dishing up a multitude of human foibles and plights.I much preferred the audio format over the text version. Since adding it to my car's audiobook playlist, I havelistened to the collection almost like a favorite album. I enjoy the stage-like performance of the narrator and, of course, the story crafting of the author. NarratorColeen Marlo gives each story its due like equally loved children. ... Read More
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- Pilgrims by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Cd's were scratched upon opening the box it makes it kind of hard to follow a book when it skips off an on through out the book.
Rating: - Dissapointed
I had loved Eat, Pray, Love and was excited to hear another of Elizabeth Gilbert's creations. I was unable to ge tthrough it. I had loved hearing Elizabeth Gilbert read her novel but the actress who read this was some what abrasive in her tone.
Rating: - Pilgrims fulfills
I fell in love with Gilbert's writing from Eat, Pray, Love.This compilation of short stories did not disappoint.I had to stop between each story and rest a bit before starting the next because my brain would not let the previous story go.
Rating: - Pilgrims
The condition of the book was excellent.
I am a fan of Elizabeth Gilbert, however the open ended quality of this book left me a bit exasperated.
- Audiobook version of Pilgrim'sI really enjoyed losing myself in Pilgrim's random slice of Americana. Each story is a microcosm of its own dishing up a multitude of human foibles and plights.I much preferred the audio format over the text version. Since adding it to my car's audiobook playlist, I havelistened to the collection almost like a favorite album. I enjoy the stage-like performance of the narrator and, of course, the story crafting of the author. NarratorColeen Marlo gives each story its due like equally loved children. ... Read More
- Pilgrims by Elizabeth GilbertThe Cd's were scratched upon opening the box it makes it kind of hard to follow a book when it skips off an on through out the book.
- DissapointedI had loved Eat, Pray, Love and was excited to hear another of Elizabeth Gilbert's creations. I was unable to ge tthrough it. I had loved hearing Elizabeth Gilbert read her novel but the actress who read this was some what abrasive in her tone.
- Pilgrims fulfillsI fell in love with Gilbert's writing from Eat, Pray, Love.This compilation of short stories did not disappoint.I had to stop between each story and rest a bit before starting the next because my brain would not let the previous story go.
- PilgrimsThe condition of the book was excellent.
I am a fan of Elizabeth Gilbert, however the open ended quality of this book left me a bit exasperated.
