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Un Amico Italiano: Eat, Pray, Love in Rome
"Luca Spaghetti is not only one of my favorite people in the world, but also a natural-born storyteller. . . . This [is a] marvelous book." -Elizabeth Gilbert
When Luca Spaghetti (yes, that's really his name) was asked to show a writer named Elizabeth Gilbert around Rome, he had no idea how his life was about to change. She embraced his Roman ebullience, and Luca in turn...more
When Luca Spaghetti (yes, that's really his name) was asked to show a writer named Elizabeth Gilbert around Rome, he had no idea how his life was about to change. She embraced his Roman ebullience, and Luca in turn...more
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
April 26th 2011
by Penguin Books
(first published January 1st 2010)
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I genuinely enjoyed this book. I would consider myself a fan of Elizabeth Gilbert's work, as she is brilliant, but that is not actually why I picked up this book at all. More than I love Elizabeth Gilbert, I love Italy. I am a proud Italian American with a healthy appetite for any type of Italian literature geared toward the American experience I can get my hands on. So, I finally came to this one.
Some of the most fascinating parts for me were the parts where he talks about his love for America...more
Some of the most fascinating parts for me were the parts where he talks about his love for America...more
Like most American women, it seems, I have read Eat, Pray, Love. (I haven't seen the movie, because I'm hopelessly behind the times, but I'm hoping to change that soon.) And, like most again, one of my first impressions of the "Rome" section of the book was this - "No way Luca Spaghetti is a real person. Surely she made him up. I mean..."
Well, Luca Spaghetti is real. And he wrote Un Amico Italiano ("An Italian Friend") so that you would know that he is real. Elizabeth Gilbert didn't make him up,...more
Well, Luca Spaghetti is real. And he wrote Un Amico Italiano ("An Italian Friend") so that you would know that he is real. Elizabeth Gilbert didn't make him up,...more
This book is funny, I like a casual way to write books, don't say it is too commercial, that's some relax air what we should breathe in modern times. When I read "I 'd like to know if there is someone named Franz Kartoffeln in Germany, or a John Hamburger in America, a Nikos Souvlaki in Greece, or Brigitte Baguette in France…we would make a wonderful team", I was laughing out loud. Luca Spaghetti is so funny, should be a magical book :)))
I like it introduced us so many things about Italy, slangs...more
I like it introduced us so many things about Italy, slangs...more
What a fun book! Luca spends most of the book telling about his life as a kid in Rome and his allegiance to his home city. You can feel the excitement when he talks about playing soccer and attending soccer games. He also describes the food and its significance to the Romans. You can also tell how much he loves America and American music as he travels across the US after graduating from high school. And then he talks about meeting Liz Gilbert and the time they spend together. It sounds like they...more
I discovered this book, because I recently (few books back) read Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat Pray Love and was looking for the follow up (Committed).
I laughed out loud more times than I can count whilst enjoying reading about Luca's colourful, interesting life. I felt the book was written with warmth and honesty. He's quite a character!
I have been lucky enough to visit Roma a few years back, and now I really want to go back and revisit all the places Luca describes so vividly in his book. It's grea...more
I laughed out loud more times than I can count whilst enjoying reading about Luca's colourful, interesting life. I felt the book was written with warmth and honesty. He's quite a character!
I have been lucky enough to visit Roma a few years back, and now I really want to go back and revisit all the places Luca describes so vividly in his book. It's grea...more
I picked this book up at our Book Sale and didn't really know what it was about. I was pleasantly surprised that it was a book about Luca Spaghetti, a character first described in Elizabeth Gilbert's smash memoir Eat, Pray, Love. Personally, I didn't really love that book like a lot of women. The only part I enjoyed was the Italian trip, so this book was right up my alley. Once I figured out Luca Spaghetti was THE Luca Spaghetti, I knew I'd like it since he was my favorite character in the book....more
I attempted to read this book last night, but gave up after two and a half chapters. The first chapter dealt with having "Spaghetti" as a last name and the author's preferences on pasta. The second chapter was about some of his favorite tourist spots in Rome. While I love learning about different places and cultures, I didn't find this book at all interesting. To me, it seems like the author is trying to captialize on of his friendship with Elizabeth Gilbert.
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I haven't read "Eat, Pray, Love" (the famous book by Elizabeth Gilbert), but I saw the movie. Luca Spaghetti is the guy who Elizabeth meets when she's in Rome for three months and from whom she learns to enjoy good food. He wrote a book about his life, his Rome, his love for music, his travels to the US and of course, Elizabeth's visit. It's easy to ready, funny sometimes, but he's clearly not a dialogue writer. He made me want to visit Rome!
Luca Spaghetti, an Italian man Elisabeth Gilbert meets in Eat, Pray, Love, provides his take on Italy and his friendship with Elisabeth. I cannot claim I read the whole book, but I gave it a very good skim and my assessment is a firm "eh". I didn't find anything particularly interesting about him or Elisabeth at all and this book didn't shed much light on anything. Eh eh eh. Cute cover, though. If you like cute covers.
A fun, nice, summer read, especially if you read and enjoyed Eat, Pray, Love. This book is penned by a character (and real person) in that book, Luca Spaghetti (yes, that is his real name). I thought it was lovely and funny--it made me smile with every page! I loved Luca and his adventures in Rome, in Eating, in America, in Soccer, and in Music. I had so much fun living those adventures with him through the book!
Our book club was reading Eat, Pray, Love but I had already read that book before. I picked this one up as a refresher and new perspective. Light reading, goes through the life of an Italian youngster to young adult. More meaningful to me now since I've visited Rome, where Luca grew up. Skimmed over the food parts, enjoyed the soccer mania parts. Likable character.
Although this book wasn't "knock your socks off" fantastic, I did enjoy getting to meet Luca Spaghetti from "Eat, Pray, Love" through his own words. I also truly enjoyed this book because I recently traveled to Italy and actually visited many of the places Luca talked about. From St. Paul's Outside the Walls in Rome to the cities of Ostia and Lucca, I was instantly transported back to my time in Italy...and there is nothing quite like that feeling. If you have ever read Eat, Pray, Love or been t...more
As a fan of Eat, Pray, Love , you might be particularly interested in Un Amico Italiano by Luca Spaghetti. You might recognize the author as the Roman friend of Elizabeth Gilbert on her travels. Un Amico Italiano not only tells the story of Eat, Pray, Love from Spaghetti’s perspective, but also gives insight into his life before they met.
The first and final third of this book was so fun for me to read that the next time I go to Rome I will take this book with me as a reference. The middle third was a narrative of his trip to the States where he travels cross country to visit both coasts. I didn't expect it from a book called 'Eat, Pray, Love in Rome'.
Loved the cover:)
Loved the cover:)
This book is by Luca Spaghetti, which was featured in the book by Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat Pray Love. It is very well written and goes into much more detail about her stay in Rome. I read it in 2 days and always wanted to know what was next. I recommend this book.
Not the most intersting book I have read about travel or life in Italy, but definitely a quick and enjoyable read. I haven't read Eat, Pray, Love, so I was alright with only the last 3rd of the book being focused on that part of his life. I also have to say that the second portion of the book, mostly about his time in America, was the most enjoyable and laugh-out-lound section. The book makes me want to go back to Rome and give it another try, as my first experience there was not all that favora...more
Wasn't too sure about this to begin with -- I was just looking for some travel writing and came across it on New Book shelves. Luckily, very little time was devoted to Elizabeth from Eat, Pray Love. Most of the book talked about Luca and his growing up in Rome -- and the delicious food available.
So, I did really enjoy it.
So, I did really enjoy it.
Adorable quick read. If you liked eat pray love then this is a great follow up. Makes me want to have pasta in Rome. Luca Spaghetti is a great storyteller and sweet character, Roman and friend to Liz!
This was a fun read and talked about Rome a lot which was cool because I was in Rome when I read it! I also liked that it was kind of a follow up to Eat, Pray, Love which I love.
If you read eat, pray, love you know Luca Spaghetti. This is his tale, from growing up in Rome to meeting Liz. It was nice to read through.
I loved seeing Rome through Luca Spaghetti's eyes. I enjoyed this book. I will be sure to avoid eating Pajata when in Italy.
While I found this book to be mindless entertainment, I think Luca wrote a book simply on Elizabeth Gilbert's coat tails. Nothing new in this book, and he is way tooooooo descriptive with his narratives. Just get on with it already. Nice try Mr. Spaghetti.
witty, humorous and stylish. makes me feel like going to rome tomorrow already (to find him lol!!). excellent book,
This was a pretty good read. It was hilarious. The sections with his friendship with Elizabeth I found the most engaging.
Nice quick read. Finished in a day. Provided a nice escape.
This book was an adventure - when you read this book you take a trip to Rome with as a charming Roman takes you around and introduces you to the best cuisine the great city has to offer. While there you get to meet an old friend - Liz Gilbert - and see her story from another perspective which is pretty interesting. It's like revisiting the immortal Eat Pray Love story and making a new friend along the way - Luca Spaghetti - a great author of a great book.
I loved reading about Lucas's life and his side of Liz's story. I can't wait to visit Rome!!
Quite possibly the worst "book" I have ever read.
Light, quick travel to Rome and beyond (U.S.). I learned a few more Italian words such as pennichella - a mid-day nap, and a few swear words.
Very simply written- an enjoyable read
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