作者伊丽莎白·吉尔伯特在小时候有个梦想：以为自己长大后会是儿女成群的妈妈。但在30岁以后，她才发现自己既不想要小孩，也不想要丈夫。 108个短篇象征了灵魂探索、自我发现之旅。作者在意大利、印度、印尼三个不同国度之间寻找自己——到意大利品尝美食，尽享感官的满足，在世上好的比萨与美酒的陪伴下，灵魂就此再生。在印度，与瑜伽士的接触，洗涤了她混乱的身心。巴厘岛上，她寻得了身心的平衡。在这一整年的追寻快乐与虔诚之间的平衡中，她终于发现：“拯救我的人，并非王子，而是我自己操控我，拯救我”。 ^_^:d2d7199c755a3c082a7f98c7837f7bc4
As a novelist, Graham Swift delights in the possibilities ofthe human voice, imagining his way into the minds and hearts of anextraordinary range of characters. In "Making an Elephant", hisfirst ever work of non-fiction, the voice is his own. Swift bringstogether a richly varied selection of essays, portraits, poetry,and reflections on his life in writing, full of insights into hispassions and motivations, and wise about the friends, family, andother writers who have mattered to him over the years. KazuoIshiguro advises on how to choose a guitar, Salman Rushdie arrivesfor Christmas under guard, and Ted Hughes shares the secrets of aDevon river. There are private moments, too, with long-deadwriters, as well as musings on history and memory that readers ofSwift's novels will recognize and love. 'A rewarding collection,with the same humanity and flair for detail that distinguishesSwift's fiction.
Born into a theatrical family, Chaplin's father died of drinkwhile his mother, unable to bear the poverty, suffered from boutsof insanity, Chaplin embarked on a film-making career which won himimmeasurable success, as well as intense controversy. Hisextraordinary autobiography was first published in 1964 and waswritten almost entirely without reference to documentation - simplyas an astonishing feat of memory by a 75 year old man. It is anincomparably vivid reconstruction of a poor London childhood, themusic hall and then his prodigious life in the movies.
