false 23201 10 A collection of short stories in which the characters misjudge things, find themselves in the wrong place, and who doggedly follow the wrong path, such as the vegetable market stallholder who decides to stand for election against the local Mafia boss. 852014 book 1997 Pilgrims and Other Stories total:283|5:27|4:71|3:101|2:63|1:21| 283 869 551 80 3 2 false false Fri May 23 09:23:31 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 18:10:39 -0700 2008
Anyway, I only bought the book to give to m...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 12:08:12 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 13:10:16 -0800 2009 Pilgrims (first published in 1997) has come in for a fair bit of criticism on Goodreads -- mainly, I think, because it is so different from her humongous bestseller Eat, Pray, Love. I get the impression many readers go into this collection of short stories expecting it to be a re...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 14:00:46 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 11:59:27 -0800 2008
I think my favorite thing about the stories is how they seem to be temporary glimpses into a life that has been existing and will continue to exist outside of the story. There is a little background information, but no real 'start' (like "once upo...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 23 18:30:27 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 18:33:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 07:59:07 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 08:04:36 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Wed Aug 12 10:42:15 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 00:35:54 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 10:42:15 -0700 2009
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review: depressing. the stories begin nowhere and end nowhere, and this would have been fine, if they weren't so unbelievably exaggarated in their desolate...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 13:26:08 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 18:04:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 19:53:52 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 07:44:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 22 17:17:53 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 30 19:34:12 -0800 2008
One fiction, one nonfiction, and one memoir: that's an interesting lineup.

So I was at the Y the other week, and carrying this book, and a woman saw it and said "Oh, she wrote another one?,"...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon May 18 08:09:29 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 04:42:54 -0700 2009 The tough, tomboy, rough-talking female.
The placement of the short stories in this book didn't help its cause any-- the first several were so similar in setting that you felt like you'...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 10:26:30 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 11:32:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 30 22:13:07 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 22 17:57:49 -0800 2008 Eat, Pray, Love, I felt like I'd met her and wanted to know mo...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 20:39:32 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 23:26:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 12:01:29 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 13:56:13 -0800 2009
I read "Eat, Pray, Love" first, and then wanted more, but I wasn't as thrill...more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 02:17:02 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 16:35:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Dec 26 16:49:08 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 16:53:48 -0800 2008 ]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 29 22:41:26 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 22:43:52 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 14:21:41 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 08:44:38 -0700 2009 ]]> 2 1 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 09:17:13 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 07:37:14 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 18:47:57 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 00:17:41 -0700 2008 more...]]>