Name: The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain
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Author: Bill Bryson
ISBN: 9780804172714

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Bill Bryson

Publisher

Anchor Books

Year

2016

Language

English

Pages

400

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.1 x 13.2 x 2.5 cm

Weight

0.39 kg.

ISBN13

9780804172714

Synopsis "The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain"

In 1995, Iowa native Bill Bryson took a motoring trip around Britain to explore that green and pleasant land. The uproarious book that resulted, Notes from a Small Island, is one of the most acute portrayals of the United Kingdom ever written. Two decades later, Bryson--now a British citizen--set out again to rediscover his adopted country. In these pages, he follows a straight line through the island--from Bognor Regis to Cape Wrath--and shows us every pub, stone village, and human foible along the way. Whether he is dodging cow attacks in Torcross, getting lost in the H&M on Kensington High Street, or--more seriously--contemplating the future of the nation's natural wonders in the face of aggressive development, Bryson guides us through the old and the new with vivid detail and laugh-out-loud humor. Irreverent, endearing, and always hilarious, The Road to Little Dribbling is filled with Bill Bryson's deep knowledge and love of his chosen home.

Bill Bryson

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Bill Bryson nació en Des Moines, Iowa, en 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 como periodista. Aunque también se ha dedicado a la enseñanza (fue rector de la Universidad de Durham), actualmente se dedica sobre todo a escribir. Es autor, entre otros libros superventas, de Shakespeare, Una breve historia de casi todo, En casa: una breve historia de la vida privada, Aventuras y desventuras del Chico Centella, Un paseo por el bosque i 1927: Un verano que cambió el mundo y En las antípodas.

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