Bill Bryson

Notes from a Big Country, or as it was released in the United States, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, is a collection of articles written by Bill Bryson for The Mail on Sunday's Night and Day supplement during the 1990s, published together first in Britain in 1998 and in paperback in 1999. The book discusses Bryson's …

Notizie da un'isoletta è un libro del giornalista e scrittore statunitense Bill Bryson, edito in originale nel 1995 e pubblicato in Italia da Ugo Guanda Editore nel 2004. Vi narra con toni umoristici di un suo viaggio compiuto attraverso la Gran Bretagna a piedi o facendo uso per quanto possibile di mezzi pubblici.

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