|
Pilgrims | 
| Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
Publisher: Penguin Paperbacks
Category: Book
List Price: CDN$ 16.50
Buy New: CDN$ 5.69
You Save: CDN$ 10.81 (66%)
New (19) Used (7) from CDN$ 3.88
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1213
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 0143113372
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780143113379
ASIN: 0143113372
Publication Date: September 24, 2007
Availability: Usually ships within 1 - 2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: From our American Warehouse - Delivery in 7-10 days.
| |
| Similar Items:
|
| Customer Reviews:
Satisfying indeed. January 2, 2002
ostawookiee (Winston-Salem, NC USA)
A friend's interest in Gilbert spurned me to read this short story collection, which I found very enjoyable. Gilbert has a way of creating a very vivid scene and situation, so as to wrap your interest around the characters promptly. Then, naughty as it is, she ends her stories almost always leaving you to wonder how everything will play out. It's more that she's giving you a glimpse into another world, rather than relating a brief story from beginning to end.
 A Fine Collection September 21, 2000
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Elizabeth Gilbert is a talented writer and some of these stories in this collection are absolutely terrific. These stories will capture your imagination. There were several that I wished Gilbert would have made into novels. I really enjoyed reading these stories, but I did read Stern Men, her novel, first and as strong as these stories are, Stern Men is even stronger, so I was a little disappointed. All in all, however, this is a terrific collection by a very talented writer and I look forward to seeing more of her work.
Really Quite Good January 26, 2000
Eric Cason (Citizen of the World!)
After always looking forward to reading Ms. Gilbert's funny/intellegent/quirky articles in SPIN magazine (who she sadly doesn't seem to write for anymore) the high quality of this book wasn't much of a surprise. The charaters are well formed and easy to empathize with. The fact that all the stories dwell on the same theme of lonliness and searching for connection, it reads more like a novel than a randomly selected set of stories. If you liked this, read her articles on Chinese Dams, Feminist Pornography and Renesance Faires in SPIN, or her essay on Buckle Bunnies in the KGB Reader. I can't wait for her novel to come out.
Nearly flawless, always gorgeous June 8, 1999
It's rare that I like the majority of stories in a short story collection. In this case, all but one are perfect, and even the imperfect piece -- the last in the volume -- is pretty damned good. Buy this book: you won't regret it.
|
|
|
|
| |
