One Summer
«Few writers of nonfiction, and,let's be honest,few enough writers of novels, can crack the narrative whip like Bryson. One Summer fairly whirls along...full of exhilarating, fact-filled fun...surely the most sublime distraction published this year.»
Observer
Let our favourite writer of narrative non-fiction take you back to a summer when America came of age and changed the world for ever. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Black Swan
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 672
- ISBN
- 9780552772563
- Utgivelsesår
- 2014
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«Few writers of nonfiction, and,let's be honest,few enough writers of novels, can crack the narrative whip like Bryson. One Summer fairly whirls along...full of exhilarating, fact-filled fun...surely the most sublime distraction published this year.»
Observer
«Bill Bryson is a true master of popular narrative. Over the course of his career, he has bestowed a beautiful clarity on even the most recondite of subjects...Has history ever been so enjoyable?»
Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday
«A fascinating snapshot of a season during which America, for better or worse, ushered in the modern world.»
Sunday Times
«A great new form of literature: biography of a few months in one country.»
Matt Ridley, The Times (Books of the Year)
«A gifted raconteur...The book is filled with eccentric, flamboyant characters and memorable stories...highly amusing.»
Guardian