Trilogies

After I finished reading "Eat Pray Love", I thought that I had just read the world´s greatest trilogy. I really enjoyed getting into Gilbert´s mindset and witnessing how she went around its handicaps by traveling to three different countries (Italy, India and Indonesia) in order to focus on three different energies (physical, spiritual and emotional). This woman´s search for peace and enlightenment, which eventually led her to find love, has truly inspired me.

But then I discovered Paul Auster´s "The New York Trilogy" and realised that labelling "Eat Pray Love" the world´s greatest trilogy was an exaggeration. Auster´s writing has definitely made a very positive impression on me. Not a day goes by without me wondering what ever happened to Quinn, Blue and Fanshawe. Luc Sante wrote in the introduction that they have stumbled into New York City´s "force field charged by synchronicity and overlap". I like to think that they all had the privilege to step into the Twilight Zone and came back to tell David Lynch about it.

Be that as it may, I won´t label Auster´s Trilogy the greatest one in the world - life has taught me that there´s no such thing as "greatest" - but I will label it greater than Gilbert´s trilogy. What now remains to be seen is if "Trilogia", a bar in Porto´s downtown area, is greater than both these books. I suppose I will need a couple of drinks before making any kind of decision...