Notes from a Small Island

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1996-08
版次: 1
ISBN: 9780552996006
装帧: 平装
开本: 大32开
纸张: 胶版纸
页数: 415页
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  •   After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson, theacclaimed author of such bestsellers as "The Mother Tongue" and"Made in America", decided it was time to move back to the UnitedStates for a while. This was partly to let his wife and kidsexperience life in Bryson's homeland - and partly because he hadread that 3.7 million Americans believed that they had beenabducted by aliens at one time or another. It was thus clear to himthat his people needed him. But before leaving his much-loved homein North Yorkshire, Bryson insisted on taking one last trip aroundBritain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly islandthat had so long been his home. His aim was to take stock ofmodern-day Britain, and to analyze what he loved so much about acountry that had produced Marmite, zebra crossings, and place nameslike Farleigh Wallop, Titsey, and Shellow Bowells. With wit andirreverence, Bill Bryson presents the ludicrous and the endearingin equal measure. The result is a social commentary that conveysthe true glory of Britain.
  • 内容简介:
      After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson, theacclaimed author of such bestsellers as "The Mother Tongue" and"Made in America", decided it was time to move back to the UnitedStates for a while. This was partly to let his wife and kidsexperience life in Bryson's homeland - and partly because he hadread that 3.7 million Americans believed that they had beenabducted by aliens at one time or another. It was thus clear to himthat his people needed him. But before leaving his much-loved homein North Yorkshire, Bryson insisted on taking one last trip aroundBritain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly islandthat had so long been his home. His aim was to take stock ofmodern-day Britain, and to analyze what he loved so much about acountry that had produced Marmite, zebra crossings, and place nameslike Farleigh Wallop, Titsey, and Shellow Bowells. With wit andirreverence, Bill Bryson presents the ludicrous and the endearingin equal measure. The result is a social commentary that conveysthe true glory of Britain.
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