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Notes from a Small Island

Door Bill Bryson

Categorie
Engels
Boeknummer
#414146-XY2
Titel
Notes from a Small Island
Auteur
Bryson, Bill
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
London : Random House
Jaar van uitgave
2015
ISBN10
1784161195
ISBN13
9781784161194
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting
In 1995, before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire to move back to the States for a few years with his family, Bill Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home. His aim was to take stock of the nation's public face and private parts (as it were), and to analyse what precisely it was he loved so much about a country that had produced Marmite; a military hero whose dying wish was to be kissed by a fellow named Hardy; place names like Farleigh Wallop, Titsey and Shellow Bowells; people who said 'Mustn't grumble', and 'Ooh lovely' at the sight of a cup of tea and a plate of biscuits; and Gardeners' Question Time. Notes from a Small Island was a huge number-one bestseller when it was... (Lees verder) first published, and has become the nation's most loved book about Britain, going on to sell over two million copies.
Pagina's
378
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 6,00

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