Bill Bryson
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| Original Title: | Down Under |
| ISBN: | 0767903862 (ISBN13: 9780767903868) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Australia Sydney, New South Wales(Australia) Alice Springs, Northwest Territory(Australia) |
| Literary Awards: | Puddly Award for Travel Writing (2001), Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2001) |
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A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ONE SUMMER Every time Bill Bryson walks out the door, memorable travel literature threatens to break out. His previous excursion along the Appalachian Trail resulted in the sublime national bestseller A Walk in the Woods. In A Sunburned Country is his report on what he found in an entirely different place: Australia, the country that doubles as a continent, and a place with the friendliest inhabitants, the hottest, driest weather, and the most peculiar and lethal wildlife to be found on the planet. The result is a deliciously funny, fact-filled, and adventurous performance by a writer who combines humor, wonder, and unflagging curiousity. Despite the fact that Australia harbors more things that can kill you in extremely nasty ways than anywhere else, including sharks, crocodiles, snakes, even riptides and deserts, Bill Bryson adores the place, and he takes his readers on a rollicking ride far beyond that beaten tourist path. Wherever he goes he finds Australians who are cheerful, extroverted, and unfailingly obliging, and these beaming products of land with clean, safe cities, cold beer, and constant sunshine fill the pages of this wonderful book. Australia is an immense and fortunate land, and it has found in Bill Bryson its perfect guide.Declare Out Of Books In a Sunburned Country
| Title | : | In a Sunburned Country |
| Author | : | Bill Bryson |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 335 pages |
| Published | : | May 15th 2001 by Broadway Books (first published June 18th 2000) |
| Categories | : | Travel. Nonfiction. Humor. Cultural. Australia. Autobiography. Memoir |
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As expected this was a mix of fun facts and a companion travel piece. Being Australian Im sure I enjoyed this more than the average non Australian reader but I could see that some parts especially the parts apart about politics and cricket could bore a few readers who arent already familiar with our peculiar sports and politicians. I enjoyed the read and found it fun when injected with Brysons humourous anecdotes along the way. I also realised how very little Ive seen of my own ridiculouslyThis travelogue of an American in Australia was hilarious. I had no choice; I had to give this five stars. I have this rule you see: if a book makes me think, cry, or laugh out loud, I give it top marks. I was smiling madly by the middle of the first page--at page 17 I was giggling. I haven't laughed so often or so hard since Gaiman and Pratchett's Good Omens. Bryson gets a lot of mileage out of Australia being a "wondrously venomous and toothy country." Here's a snippet:"You probably won't see
Alternatively titled "Down Under", this is Bill Bryson's take on Australia. Very funny in his own quirky way. I found myself learning about parts of Australia unknown to me (as well as discovering many new aspects of this huge continent) while being entertained in a very amusing way.
Like most Americans, I have never really given much thought to Australia. It's an island where the seasons are backwards, there's a famous opera house, my ex husband's ex girlfriend is expating it up there, and there are loads of gorgeous men running around shirtless, drinking Fosters and saying "No worries, mate" in a delicious Crocodile Dundee sort of accent. Nothing too exciting, right?Wrong! Australia is fascinating, and Bill Bryson has done an excellent job of telling us why. This book
"That is of course the thing about Australia- that there is such a lot to find in it, but such a lot of it to find it in."In a Sunburned Country is a delightful read, and worth your time if for no other reason than that many of us will probably never get to Australia except in books and film and this text gets us there in its own way. Bill Bryson has mixed anecdotal history, modern travel, biological and geographical history of the continent of Australia in an amusing and mostly quick to read
I felt that this was the flattest Bryson I have yet read. It felt slightly more engaged when he dealt with the mysterious disappearance of former Prime Minister Harold Holt while swimming, but otherwise it read as though he and his publishers were simply determined to crank out another travelogue and Australia was one place they hadn't covered so far. In my memory it compares unfavourably with a three part National Geographic series I read about a man who cycled round Australia - but then their
Bill Bryson is on a short-list of go-to writers when I need a thoughtful but not too taxing book. His travel works seem to follow the Bryson formula:1. Bryson travels around a country and gets drunk in hotel bars.2. Bryson gets pissed off at rude and stupid people but is usually forgiving and self-depreciating.3. Bryson assiduously researches the locales beforehand and integrates history into his itineraries and narratives.4. Bryson writes with impeccable skill.5. Bryson balances mundane details
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