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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 that strangest of phenomena - the American way of life.
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Notes from a big country, Bill Bryson, Alan Baker
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2016
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- Untertitel
- Journey into the American Dream.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Bill Bryson, Alan Baker
- Verlag
- Black Swan
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2016
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 384
- ISBN10
- 1784161845
- ISBN13
- 9781784161842
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Karten & Reisen, Wahre Geschichten, Biografien, Reisen, Humor, Autobiografien & Memoiren, Meinungsjournalismus
- Originaltitel
- Notes from a big country
- Bewertung
- 3,85 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- 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 that strangest of phenomena - the American way of life.