The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America

图书标准信息

• 作者 Bill Bryson 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins
• 出版时间 1999-01
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780552998086
• 定价 88.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 384页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

'IcomefromDesMoines.Somebodyhadto'And,assoonasBillBrysonwasoldenough,heleft.DesMoinescouldn'tholdhim,butitdidlurehimback.AftertenyearsinEngland,hereturnedtothelandofhisyouth,anddrovealmost14,000milesinsearchofamythicalsmalltowncalledAmalgam,thekindoftrimandsunnyplacewherethefilmsofhisyouthwereset.Instead,hissearchledhimtoAnywhere,USA;alookalikestripofgasstations,motelsandhamburgeroutletspopulatedbylookalikepeoplewithapenchantforsyntheticfibres.Travellingaroundthirty-eightofthelowerstates-unitedonlyintheirmind-numbinglydrearyuniformity-hediscoveredacontinentthatwasdoublylost;losttoitselfbecauseblightedbygreed,pollution,mobilehomesandtelevision;losttohimbecausehehadbecomeastrangerinhisownland.TheLostContinentisaclassicoftravelliterature-hilariously,stomach-achinglyfunny,yettingedwithheartache-andthebookthatfirststakedBillBryson'sclaimasthemostbelovedwriterofhisgeneration.