Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage[投入：一个怀疑婚姻的女人与婚姻和解]

图书标准信息

• 作者 Elizabeth Gilbert（伊丽莎白·吉尔伯特） 著
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 2010-01
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780670021680
• 定价 142.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 285页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

AttheendofherbestsellingmemoirEat,Pray,Love,ElizabethGilbertfellinlovewithFelipe,aBrazilian-bornmanofAustraliancitizenshipwho'dbeenlivinginIndonesiawhentheymet.ResettlinginAmerica,thecouplesworeeternalfidelitytoeachother,butalsosworetonever,ever,underanycircumstancesgetlegallymarried.(Bothweresurvivorsofpreviousbaddivorces.Enoughsaid.)ButprovidenceintervenedonedayintheformoftheUnitedStatesgovernment,which-afterunexpectedlydetainingFelipeatanAmericanbordercrossing-gavethecoupleachoice:theycouldeithergetmarried,orFelipewouldneverbeallowedtoenterthecountryagain.Havingbeeneffectivelysentencedtowed,Gilberttackledherfearsofmarriagebydelvingintothistopiccompletely,tryingwithallhermighttodiscoverthroughhistoricalresearch,interviews,andmuchpersonalreflectionwhatthisstubbornlyenduringoldinstitutionactuallyis.ToldwithGilbert'strademarkwit,intelligenceandcompassion,Committedattemptsto"turnonallthelights"whenitcomestomatrimony,franklyexaminingquestionsofcompatibility,infatuation,fidelity,familytradition,socialexpectations,divorcerisksandhumblingresponsibilities.Gilbert'smemoirisultimatelyaclear-eyedcelebrationoflovewithallthecomplexityandconsequencethatreallove,intherealworld,actuallyentails.

【作者简介】

ElizabethGilbertistheauthorofastorycollection,Pilgrims(afinalistforthePEN/HemingwayAward);anovel,SternMen;andTheLastAmericanMan(afinalistfortheNationalBookAwardandtheNationalBookCriticsCircleAward).

　　伊莉莎白·吉尔伯特，小说家、新闻记者、两度获得NationalMagazineAward深度报导奖，作品TheLastAmericanMan入选美国国家图书奖决赛名单及2002年纽约时代年代好书，故事集Pilgrims获得ParisReview最佳新人小说等奖项。曾为知名杂志GQ、Bazaar、TheNewYorkMagazine撰稿。因本书在全美的热销，2007年入选TIME官方网站100位最具影响力的人物。