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.
虽然久闻比尔·布莱森大名已久,但是到最近才得以一睹其文采,前几天刚刚看完《Neither Here Nor There》。这本书的中文版也是今年刚出,名字叫《东西莫辨逛欧洲》。 事实上,本书写于20年前的1991年,是比尔·布莱森的早期作品。他的书素来以幽默著称,行文流利,读起来很爽...
評分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...
評分我是从看到布鲁日开始喜欢这本书的。前部分的翻译不是我喜欢的风格。但越到后面越有趣,人有趣,文字有趣。 “比尔•布莱森之所以能在二十世纪的旅游文学中占据一席之地,并成为目前世界公认的最有趣的旅游文学作家,是因为他擅长用不同的眼光来看待他所游历的世界,他真切地...
評分七年前看过的书现在竟然一点印象都没有!真的崩溃。最近在看英文版电子书竟然如新!2013年我还记得去墨尔本的时候手捧他的《走遍烤焦国》.......时光荏苒,一转眼已是六年!而我也为人夫,为人父!很开心!据说这本书是他的抗鼎之作,但是我竟忘得一干二净。很是惭愧!经过六年...
評分I learned the fact that Bryson was popular (besides Wikipedia says so) from the library checking status list. I’m so used to that when searching for certain writer, all his works would be neatly listed with the status description of “available at xxx libr...
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