A Tall Man In A Low Land: Some Time Among the Belgians [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Pearson, Harry

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ISBN 10: 0349112061 ISBN 13: 9780349112060

Casa editrice: Abacus, 1999

Riassunto

Most British travel writers head south for a destination that is hot, exotic, dangerous or all three. Harry Pearson chose to head in the opposite direction for a country which is damp, safe and of legendary banality: Belgium. But can any nation whose most famous monument is a statue of a small boy urinating really be that dull? Pearson lived there for several months, burying himself in the local culture. He drank many of the 800 different beers the Belgians produce; ate local delicacies such as kip kap (jellied pig cheeks) and a mighty tonnage of chicory and chips. In one restaurant the house speciality was 'Hare in the style of grandmother'. 'I didn't order it. I quite like hare, but had no wish to see one wearing zip-up boots and a blue beret.' A TALL MAN IN A LOW LAND commemorates strange events such as The Festival of Shrimps at Oostduinkerke and laments the passing of the Underpant Museum in Brussels. No reader will go away from A TALL MAN IN A LOW LAND without being able to name at least ten famous Belgians. Mixing evocative description and low-grade buffoonery Harry Pearson paints a portrait of Belgium that is more rounded than a Smurf after a night on the mussels.

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Recensione:

Pearson is as tall as he is funny and, believe me, he is very tall (THE FACE)

Funnier than Bill Bryson (Pete Davies, THE INDEPENDENT)

[Belgium] seems a great deal more interesting at the end of the book than it did at the beginning ... Pearson is really funny. Do not read this book in a public place (Jonathan Sale)

Descrizione del libro:

* Subtitled 'SomeTime Amongst the Belgians', Harry Pearson's third book is a hilarious mixture of history, travel-writing and low-grade buffoonery.

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• Editore: Abacus
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0349112061
• ISBN 13: 9780349112060
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256