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Notes from a Small Island

Notes from a Small Island

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作者: Bill Bryson 著

出版社: HarperCollins

出版时间: 1996-05

ISBN: 9780688147259

定价: 233.50

装帧: 精装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 324页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>生活

"Suddenly,inthespaceofamoment,IrealizedwhatitwasthatIlovedaboutBritain--whichistosay,allofit.Everylastbitofit,goodandbad--oldchurches,countrylanes,peoplesaying'Mustn'tgrumble'and'I'mterriblysorrybut,'peopleapologizingto
mewhenIconkthemwithacarelesselbow,milkinbottles,beansontoast,haymakinginJune,seasidepiers,OrdinanceSurveymaps,teaandcrumpets,summershowersandfoggywinterevenings--everybitofit."

AfternearlytwodecadesinBritain,BillBryson,theacclaimedauthorofsuchbestsellersas
TheMotherTongueand
MadeinAmerica,decideditwastimetomovebacktotheUnitedStatesforawhile.ThiswaspartlytolethiswifeandkidsexperiencelifeinBryson'shomeland--andpartlybecausehehadreadthat3.7millionAmericansbelievedthattheyhadbeenabductedbyaliensatonetimeoranother.Itwasthuscleartohimthathispeopleneededhim.

Butbeforeleavinghismuch-lovedhomeinNorthYorkshire,BrysoninsistedontakingonelasttriparoundBritain,asortofvaledictorytourofthegreenandkindlyislandthathadsolongbeenhishome.Hisaimwastotakestockofmodern-dayBritain,andtoanalyzewhathelovedsomuchaboutacountrythathadproducedMarmite,zebracrossings,andplacenameslikeFarleighWallop,Titsey,andShellowBowells.

Withcharacteristicwitandirreverence,BillBrysonpresentstheludicrousandtheendearinginequalmeasure.TheresultisahilarioussocialcommentarythatconveysthetruegloryofBritain. BillBrysonwasborninDesMoines,Iowa,in1951.HesettledinEnglandin1977,andlivedformanyyearswithhisEnglishwifeandfourchildreninNorthYorkshire.HeandhisfamilythenmovedtoAmericaforafewyearsbuthavenowreturnedtotheUK.HeisthebestsellingauthorofTheLostContinent,MotherTongue,NeitherHereNorThere,MadeinAmerica,NotesFromaSmallIsland,AWalkintheWoods,NotesFromaBigCountry,DownUnderand,mostrecently,AShortHistoryofNearlyEverything.HeisalsotheauthorofthebestsellingAfricanDiary(acharitybookforCAREInternational).
内容简介:
"Suddenly,inthespaceofamoment,IrealizedwhatitwasthatIlovedaboutBritain--whichistosay,allofit.Everylastbitofit,goodandbad--oldchurches,countrylanes,peoplesaying'Mustn'tgrumble'and'I'mterriblysorrybut,'peopleapologizingto
mewhenIconkthemwithacarelesselbow,milkinbottles,beansontoast,haymakinginJune,seasidepiers,OrdinanceSurveymaps,teaandcrumpets,summershowersandfoggywinterevenings--everybitofit."

AfternearlytwodecadesinBritain,BillBryson,theacclaimedauthorofsuchbestsellersas
TheMotherTongueand
MadeinAmerica,decideditwastimetomovebacktotheUnitedStatesforawhile.ThiswaspartlytolethiswifeandkidsexperiencelifeinBryson'shomeland--andpartlybecausehehadreadthat3.7millionAmericansbelievedthattheyhadbeenabductedbyaliensatonetimeoranother.Itwasthuscleartohimthathispeopleneededhim.

Butbeforeleavinghismuch-lovedhomeinNorthYorkshire,BrysoninsistedontakingonelasttriparoundBritain,asortofvaledictorytourofthegreenandkindlyislandthathadsolongbeenhishome.Hisaimwastotakestockofmodern-dayBritain,andtoanalyzewhathelovedsomuchaboutacountrythathadproducedMarmite,zebracrossings,andplacenameslikeFarleighWallop,Titsey,andShellowBowells.

Withcharacteristicwitandirreverence,BillBrysonpresentstheludicrousandtheendearinginequalmeasure.TheresultisahilarioussocialcommentarythatconveysthetruegloryofBritain.
作者简介:
BillBrysonwasborninDesMoines,Iowa,in1951.HesettledinEnglandin1977,andlivedformanyyearswithhisEnglishwifeandfourchildreninNorthYorkshire.HeandhisfamilythenmovedtoAmericaforafewyearsbuthavenowreturnedtotheUK.HeisthebestsellingauthorofTheLostContinent,MotherTongue,NeitherHereNorThere,MadeinAmerica,NotesFromaSmallIsland,AWalkintheWoods,NotesFromaBigCountry,DownUnderand,mostrecently,AShortHistoryofNearlyEverything.HeisalsotheauthorofthebestsellingAfricanDiary(acharitybookforCAREInternational).

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