Notes From a Big Country

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Witty observations on American culture's quirks.

If you're looking for a book that can both amuse and offer insight, "Notes from a Big Country" might just tickle your fancy. Bill Bryson is at his best here, crafting humorous and sharp commentary on the American life from the point of view of a returning native. His essays are the perfect companion for those moments when you need to confirm that, indeed, everyday life can be wonderfully absurd.

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Notes From a Big Country

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ISBN: 9780385410199
Authors: Bill Bryson
Publisher: Doubleday
Date of Publication: 1998-01-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Topics: Essays, Memoir, Biography, Travelogue
Goodreads rating: 3.9
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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 - the Open University, Boxing Day, Branston pickle, and irony, to name a few. 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." When an old friend asked him to write a weekly dispatch from New Hampshire for the Mail on Sunday's Night & Day magazine, Bill firmly turned him down. So firm was he, in fact, that gathered here is eighteen months' worth of his popular columns about that strangest of phenomena - the American way of life. Whether discussing the dazzling efficiency of the garbage disposal unit, the exoticism of having your groceries bagged for you, the jaw-slackening direness of American TV
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Witty observations on American culture's quirks.

If you're looking for a book that can both amuse and offer insight, "Notes from a Big Country" might just tickle your fancy. Bill Bryson is at his best here, crafting humorous and sharp commentary on the American life from the point of view of a returning native. His essays are the perfect companion for those moments when you need to confirm that, indeed, everyday life can be wonderfully absurd.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.