

S'està carregant… Notes from a Big Country: A Selection (1998)de Bill Bryson
![]() No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. I enjoyed this book. He made some interesting obsetvations and it was an amusing read. If you are looking for a quick, funny read I would recommend it. ( ![]() Another winner from Bill Bryson. This book is a bit dated now, but for the most part that only adds to the hilarity. Bryson is such a great story teller. A collection of columns Bryson wrote for a British paper on living in the US after moving back to the states from the UK 20 years after leaving. Some laugh-aloud moments and several witty bits, but overall it's not my favorite of Bryson's work. Read straight through, there's just a little too much grousing for my tastes, and it makes Bryson seem more sanctimonious than I hope he actually is. C'est très fin, très drôle, un exercice totalement maitrisé ;-) que c'est agréable!
You can be a Bryson fan -- and I am, really -- and still think that these particular columns might best have been left to their original foreign audience. People who have lived in the United States more recently than the mid-1970's have already recovered from their astonishment that there is a breakfast cereal called Count Chocula. Contingut a
Bryson recalls his return to the United States after twenty years in England. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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