A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Bryson, Bill

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ISBN 10: 0307279464 ISBN 13: 9780307279460

Casa editrice: Anchor Books, 2006

Riassunto

A wry account by the author of The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid traces an adventurous and arduous trek past the Appalachian Trail's natural pleasures, human eccentrics, and offbeat comforts. Reprint.

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“Bryson is a very funny writer who could wring humor from a clammy sleeping bag.” –The Philadelphia Inquirer

 

“Short of doing it yourself, the best way of escaping into nature is to read a book like A Walk in the Woods.”–The New York Times

 

“A terribly misguided, and terribly funny tale of adventure.... The yarn is choke-on-your-coffee funny.” –The Washington Post

 

“Bill Bryson could write an essay about dryer lint or fever reducers and still make us laugh out loud.” –Chicago Sun-Times

 

“Delightful.” –The Plain Dealer

 

“It’s great adventure, on a human scale, with survivable discomforts, and, happily, everybody goes home afterwards.” –Times Picayune

L'autore:

Bill Bryson's bestselling books include A Walk in the Woods, Neither Here Nor There, In a Sunburned Country, Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words, and A Short History of Nearly Everything, the latter of which earned him the 2004 Aventis Prize. Bryson lives in England with his wife and children.

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• Editore: Anchor Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0307279464
• ISBN 13: 9780307279460
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 397