Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In Neither Here nor There he brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet, and journeys from Hammerfest, the northernmost town on the continent, to Istanbul on the cusp of Asia. Fluent in, oh, at least one language, he retraces his travels as a student twenty years before.Whether braving the homicidal motorist of Paris, being robbed by gypsies in Florence, attempting not to order tripe and eyeballs in a German restaurant, window-shopping in the sex shops of the Reeperbahn or disputing his hotel bill in Copenhagen, Bryson takes in the sights, dissects the culture and illuminates each place and person with his hilariously caustic observations. He even goes to Liechtenstein.
Bryson et Katz Séries
Cette série retrace les aventures humoristiques et souvent chaotiques de deux amis parcourant le globe. Des coins les plus reculés de la planète aux chemins bien connus, le duo improbable se retrouve constamment dans des situations cocasses et de découverte. Leurs voyages sont marqués par des observations pertinentes, des échanges spirituels et des expériences inoubliables.
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