Notes From A Big Country

Resumen del libro

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 and the sound of a female voice pleading, 'Put the gun down, Vinnie, I'll do anything you say.'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.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p Bill Bryson (Des Moines, Iowa, 1951) inició la carrera de Periodismo en Estados Unidos, pero la interrumpió para viajar por Europa. En 1977 se instaló en North Yorkshire, Inglaterra, donde residió dos décadas y trabajó en periódicos como x{0026}lt;em The Timesx{0026}lt;/em o x{0026}lt;em The Independentx{0026}lt;/em . Aunque también se ha dedicado a la enseñanza (llegó a ser rector de la Universidad de Durham), actualmente se dedica sobre todo a escribir. Es autor de, entre otros libros superventas,x{0026}lt;em Una breve historia de casi todox{0026}lt;/em (Premio Aventis de libros de ciencia y finalista del Premio Samuel Johnson);x{0026}lt;em El cuerpo humano; En casa: una breve historia de la vida privada; Un paseo por el bosque; Aventuras y desventuras del Chico Centella; Shakespeare; 1927: un verano que cambió el mundo; Viaje al sueño americano, Crónicas de Gran Bretañax{0026}lt;/em y x{0026}lt;em Nuevas crónicas de Gran Bretañax{0026}lt;/em , todos publicados por RBA. x{0026}lt;/p