Titre : |
Notes from a Big Country : Journey into the American Dream |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Bill Bryson, Auteur |
Editeur : |
Black Swan, 2016 |
Description : |
382 p |
ISBN/ISSN : |
978-1-78416-184-2 |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Index. décimale : |
420 Langue anglaise |
Résumé : |
Bill Bryson has the rare knack of being out of his depth wherever he goes - even (perhaps especially) in the land of his birth. This became all too apparent when, after nearly two decades in England, the world's best-loved travel writer upped sticks with Mrs Bryson, little Jimmy et al. and returned to live in the country he had left as a youth. Of course there were things Bryson missed about Blighty but any sense of loss was countered by the joy of rediscovering some of the forgotten treasures of his childhood: the glories of a New England autumn; the pleasingly comical sight of oneself in shorts; and motel rooms where you can generally count on being awakened in the night by a piercing shriek. Whether discussing the strange appeal of breakfast pizza or the jaw-slackening direness of American TV, Bill Bryson brings his inimitable brand of bemused wit to bear on that strangest of phenomena - the American way of life. |
Nature du document : |
fiction |
Genre : |
récits de voyage |
Niveau : |
Lycée |
Thème de fiction : |
voyage/société/vie quotidienne |
Bryson Bill.
Notes from a Big Country : Journey into the American Dream.
Black Swan, 2016, 382 p.
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