Notes from a Small Island (1st edition hardback in very good dust jacket) flat signed by author Bill Bryson and by illustrator David Cook

Bryson, Bill

ISBN 10: 0385405340 / ISBN 13: 9780385405348

Edité par Doubleday, 1995

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Published by Doubleday in 1995, here is the first hardback printing of Bill Bryson's Notes from a Small Island flat signed in black ink to the full title page by author Bill Bryson and by the illustrator David Cook. Blue cloth binding, silver lettering, illustrations, the book is in very good condition with a few bumps to the edges of the boards, a dedication to a previous owner on the reverse of the front free end paper plus some light browning throughout. The dust jacket is also very good. N° de réf. du vendeur 11112

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Titre : Notes from a Small Island (1st edition ...

Éditeur : Doubleday

Date d'édition : 1995

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : Very Good

Etat de la jaquette : Very Good

Signé : Signed by Author(s)

Edition : 1st Edition

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Synopsis :

By the author of "The Lost Continent" and "Neither Here Nor There". Bryson moved to England in 1978 and settled in North Yorkshire. In this book, he turns an affectionate but ironic eye on his adopted country.

Présentation de l'éditeur:

"Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain--which is to say, all of it.  Every last bit of it, good and bad--old churches, country lanes, people saying 'Mustn't grumble' and 'I'm terribly sorry but,' people apologizing to me when I conk them with a careless elbow, milk in bottles, beans on toast, haymaking in June, seaside piers, Ordinance Survey maps, tea and crumpets, summer showers and foggy winter evenings--every bit of it."

After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson, the acclaimed author of such bestsellers as The Mother Tongue and Made in America, decided it was time to move back to the United States for a while.  This was partly to let his wife and kids experience life in Bryson's homeland--and partly because he had read that 3.7 million Americans believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another.  It was thus clear to him that his people needed him.

But before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire, Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home.  His aim was to take stock of modern-day Britain, and to analyze what he loved so much about a country that had produced Marmite, zebra crossings, and place names like Farleigh Wallop, Titsey, and Shellow Bowells.

With characteristic wit and irreverence, Bill Bryson presents the ludicrous and the endearing in equal measure.  The result is a hilarious social commentary that conveys the true glory of Britain.