Notes from a Small Island

Bryson, Bill

ISBN 10: 0385405340 / ISBN 13: 9780385405348

Edité par Doubleday Books, 1995

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Good hardcover in Good only jacket. 1995. SIGNED/Inscribed by AUTHOR on title page. Bumping and moderate edgewear. Binding solid. Jacket with short tear to bottom edge. Creasing and moderate edgewear. Clean/solid. 282 pp.

N° de réf. du vendeur L02714

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Notes from a Small Island
• Éditeur: Doubleday Books
• Date de parution: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0385405340
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780385405348
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Good
• État de la jaquette: Good
• Signé: Inscribed by Author(s)

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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.