Brice's review
The Last American Man
by Elizabeth Gilbert
Brice's review
The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert
Brice's review
rating:
The Last American man is attempting to save our once great nation from its own greed and sloth by living in harmony with nature. Which obviously is not the exciting part of the book. Eustace Conway’s smaller and more successful journeys may be the exciting part of the book. What this guy has done in the name of fun, adventure, and self exertion kept my attention through the first halfish. Then rooting for Eustace to save our nation from the sedentary lifestyle, TV, and stupidity kept me in it for the second half. I often forgot that the time line ends way before my time and found myself rooting for the guy to fix US. Have you ever experienced the suspension of disbelief on a national cultural level? It’s weird, as is Eustace Conway’s life. Elizabeth Gilbert weaves her fauxamerican experience, Eustace’s borderline insanity and deep aspects of U.S. culture into a great read.
