Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In Neither Here nor There he brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet, and journeys from Hammerfest, the northernmost town on the continent, to Istanbul on the cusp of Asia. Fluent in, oh, at least one language, he retraces his travels as a student twenty years before. Whether braving the homicidal motorists of Paris, being robbed by gypsies in Florence, attempting not to order tripe and eyeballs in a German restaurant or window-shopping in the sex shops of the Reeperbahn, Bryson takes in the sights, dissects the culture and illuminates each place and person with his hilariously caustic observations. He even goes to Liechtenstein.
Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. Settled in England for many years, he moved to America with his wife and four children for a few years, but has since returned to live in the UK. His bestselling travel books include The Lost Continent, Notes From a Small Island, A Walk in the Woods and Down Under. His acclaimed work of popular science, A Short History of Nearly Everything, won the Aventis Prize and the Descartes Prize, and was the biggest selling non-fiction book of the decade in the UK.
不知道有多少人有自助游欧洲的梦想。 对于离欧洲太远的人,比如我,就觉得如果去了一次,在那么重的往返路费的压力下,还是要多玩一些,于是就开始贪心。 游玩还是随性最好。能玩下去就继续,觉得开始累想家人就回家。 书描写各个地方的风土人情是极好的,写奥斯陆,写丹麦...
评分看一本书之前先去找找前人对它的评价是我的一个习惯,不知道能不能算是迷信或者是坏毛病。布莱森的书是在一期杂志上被推荐的,作为整体被杂志介绍给读者,有《东西莫辩逛欧洲》、《失落的小不列颠》等等。文章似乎对布莱森的书作过点评和排序的,但是我忘了,所以在书架...
评分Bill Bryson的作品在旅行文学里是个异数,他的文字风趣横生甚至有些粗俗,丝毫不掩饰行程中的尴尬和低落时分。他眼里的欧洲一点儿也不完美,瑞典小镇的冬天冷清得要命;意大利博物馆票价高昂还没东西看,奥地利人民完全忘了二战的血债,瑞士小城昂贵而没意思,南斯拉夫穷得揭不...
评分大胡子比尔•布莱森的作品幽默、睿智,文笔非常潇洒,是当代最负胜名的游记作家,写了多本极其畅销的游记作品,同时还是一位科普作家,那本大受欢迎的《万物简史》也出自他手。他(1915—)生于美国艾奥瓦州,热爱旅游,当初就是通过写游记受到媒体赏识和大众喜爱。其后他定...
评分If you have a sense of humor, I bet you'll love this book. I bought it from Chaterhouse Booktraders in Shanghai, and finished it during the New Year holidays. He started this European trip from the northern-most city of Hammerfest, and finished at Istanbul...
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评分Look Ahead的aquamarine啊!!!
评分Look Ahead的aquamarine啊!!!
评分Look Ahead的aquamarine啊!!!
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