Notes from a Small Island

English

ISBN: 0380727501

EAN: 9780380727506

Category: Travel / Europe / Great Britain

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Release Date: 05/31/2001

Synopsis: Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain-which is to say, all of it. After nearly two decades spent on British soil, Bill Bryson-bestsellingauthor of The Mother Tongue and Made in America-decided to returnto the United States. (I had recently read, Bryson writes, that 3.7 million Americans believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another,so it was clear that my people needed me.) But before departing, he set out ona grand farewell tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home. Veering from the ludicrous to the endearing and back again, Notes from a Small Island is a delightfully irreverent jaunt around the unparalleled floating nation that has produced zebra crossings, Shakespeare, Twiggie Winkies Farm, and places with names like Farleigh Wallop and Titsey. The result is an uproarious social commentary that conveys the true glory of Britain, from the satiric pen of an unapologetic Anglophile. Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain-which is to say, all of it. After nearly two decades spent on British soil, Bill Bryson-bestselling author of ,i>The Mother Tongue and Made in America-decided to return to the United States. (I had recently read, Bryson writes, that 3.7 million Americans believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another, so it was clear that my people needed me.) But before departing, he set out on a grand farewell tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home. Veering from the ludicrous to the endearing and back again, Notes from a Small Island is a delightfully irreverent jaunt around the unparalleled floating nation that has produced zebra crossings, Shakespeare, Twiggie Winkies Farm, and places with names like Farleigh Wallop and Titsey. The result is an uproarious social commentary that conveys the true glory of Britain, from the satiric pen of an unapologetic Anglophile.

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Notes from a Small Island

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Format: Paperback

Height: 0.75 inches

Width: 5.25 inches

Length: 8.0 inches

Weight: 9.31 oz

Pages: 336