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Bryson, Bill 出版社: Broadway 副标题: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away 出版年: 2000-6-6 页数: 304 定价: USD 15.99 装帧: Paperback ISBN: 9780767903820
After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the United States with his English wife and four children (he had read somewhere that nearly 3 million Americans believed they had been abducted by aliens--as he later put it, "it was clear my people needed me"). They were greeted by a new and improved America that boasts microwave pancakes, twenty-four...
After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the United States with his English wife and four children (he had read somewhere that nearly 3 million Americans believed they had been abducted by aliens--as he later put it, "it was clear my people needed me"). They were greeted by a new and improved America that boasts microwave pancakes, twenty-four-hour dental-floss hotlines, and the staunch conviction that ice is not a luxury item.
Delivering the brilliant comic musings that are a Bryson hallmark, I'm a Stranger Here Myself recounts his sometimes disconcerting reunion with the land of his birth. The result is a book filled with hysterical scenes of one man's attempt to reacquaint himself with his own country, but it is also an extended if at times bemused love letter to the homeland he has returned to after twenty years away.
连着第三本Bryson啦！三本里最喜欢的还是the lost continent，再无聊的回忆，过二十年也好笑死了。这本好多日常囧事都有共鸣。比如坐飞机弯腰系个鞋带前座刚好就把椅背放倒了，比如所有认识的人都在拿积分换头等舱飞长途，他自己一年怎么也得飞个十万英里吧，但每次要么忘了要么说不合规定，总之常旅客积分从来没积上过。让同样遭遇的我倍感安慰。。
It’s reassuring to know someone could be so clueless in life and still be fine. An adorable nerd, who knows nothing about how anything works in this world, and who could hardly write a few pages witho...It’s reassuring to know someone could be so clueless in life and still be fine. An adorable nerd, who knows nothing about how anything works in this world, and who could hardly write a few pages without calling his wife back to mind and saying “my wife thinks … “. He makes “my wife” sound like the most glorious thing in the world.(展开)
这本书被豆瓣某小组强力推荐，于是找来看看。作者是写了《万物简史》的Bill Byson（好吧我真没听说过），找的是美版，英国版叫《Notes from a big country》，内容据说略有不同。中文版书名被译为《人在故乡为异客》，倒是十分应景。 全书是作者从英国返回美国后在报纸上开的专...
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This"l'm a stranger here myself" is, miraculously written by the man who wrote the history to everything(万物简史), lt's pretty interesting to read, because the aurther used the rhythm language of speaking. lt's fun and good to get people interested in. The...
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比尔·布莱森 作者
清雅戒奢
上海译文出版社2009版
0 有用 water 2014-10-02 22:11:25
连着第三本Bryson啦！三本里最喜欢的还是the lost continent，再无聊的回忆，过二十年也好笑死了。这本好多日常囧事都有共鸣。比如坐飞机弯腰系个鞋带前座刚好就把椅背放倒了，比如所有认识的人都在拿积分换头等舱飞长途，他自己一年怎么也得飞个十万英里吧，但每次要么忘了要么说不合规定，总之常旅客积分从来没积上过。让同样遭遇的我倍感安慰。。
0 有用 Kitty 2011-12-26 22:24:38
WC!我说我怎么读过notes from a big country呢，竟然英版和美版标题不一样，要不要这样赚钱？
0 有用 姜粒儿 2014-03-03 10:50:10
i can't stop laughing. witty writer and a witty book。❶还好有它，不知打发了多少等车等人的时光。❷Bill大叔善于发现生活中无所不在的幽默：讥讽/吐槽/自嘲，样样都是信手拈来。❸不仅是Ben的最爱，现在也是我的最爱。估计摘抄的话会把半本书都抄下来
0 有用 地瓜 2009-12-21 10:13:05
电子书
0 有用 moviejunkie 2009-04-08 16:03:50
笑死我了
0 有用 mipropiocentro 2024-01-01 11:55:50 加拿大
It’s reassuring to know someone could be so clueless in life and still be fine. An adorable nerd, who knows nothing about how anything works in this world, and who could hardly write a few pages witho... It’s reassuring to know someone could be so clueless in life and still be fine. An adorable nerd, who knows nothing about how anything works in this world, and who could hardly write a few pages without calling his wife back to mind and saying “my wife thinks … “. He makes “my wife” sound like the most glorious thing in the world. (展开)
0 有用 arkansas 2022-09-24 22:14:08
这本套路比较多，也写得有得有点偷懒，没另外几本那么好看那么有诚意。
0 有用 一杯水 2022-04-16 09:29:25
2022/25 这是读过的第三本比尔·布莱森的书，也是他写的最散的一本。大概因为这是一本专栏合集。专栏的特点是有篇幅和时间限定，这就不免有些篇是硬凑字数，有些篇是无话找话。另外，吐槽的内容一周看一篇也许调节情绪，不太适合集中看。这本书是在读《瓦尔登湖》（英文版）最烦躁的时候开始读的，不为别的，就为读几页顺畅轻松的文字。这本书的阅读速度是每小时十五六页，比《瓦》快两倍多。
1 有用 achievements 2021-07-29 17:10:03
Cup Holder/ Staying Indoors/ Convenient/ Good Neighbors - Bill Bryson - At Home - I'm a Stranger Here Myself
0 有用 小黑 2021-04-25 20:53:58
很有趣，很形象😂