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Notes From A Big Country

Journey into the American Dream

Pocket
Engelsk
Bryson
Notes From A Big Country
Notes From A Big Country
  • Forfatter: Bill Bryson
  • Format: Pocket
  • Antall sider: 384
  • Språk: Engelsk
  • Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
  • Serienavn: Bryson
  • EAN: 9781784161842
  • Utgivelsesår: 2016
  • Bidragsyter: Bryson, Bill
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Bill Bryson has the rare knack of being out of his depth wherever he goes - even (perhaps especially) in the land of his birth. This became all too apparent when, after nearly two decades in England, the world''s best-loved travel writer upped sticks with Mrs Bryson, little Jimmy et al. and returned to live in the country he had left as a youth.

Of course there were things Bryson missed about Blighty but any sense of loss was countered by the joy of rediscovering some of the forgotten treasures of his childhood: the glories of a New England autumn; the pleasingly comical sight of oneself in shorts; and motel rooms where you can generally count on being awakened in the night by a piercing shriek and the sound of a female voice pleading, ''Put the gun down, Vinnie, I''ll do anything you say.''

Whether discussing the strange appeal of breakfast pizza or the jaw-slackening direness of American TV, Bill Bryson brings his inimitable brand of bemused wit to bear on tha