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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Battle for Room Service: Journeys to All the Safe Placesdi Mark Lawson
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. It was recommended to me because I may be moving to Luxemburg in a few months. I read the book with some appreciation, especially the section on said country, although, sometimes,if not most of it, Lawson's English wit appears a bit 'blasé' and lacks a certain curiosity towards his environment or empathy towards people. Generally, it reads like a tourist's booklet speckled with personal comments, written mostly for people who want a good laugh while reading the book in their armchair. While the author could be more involved with the places visited, the feel is that he strongly resembles English travellers from the past - lots of interest lies in the travelling, rather than the places themselves. There is a strong distance in the narrative between Lawson and his account, as if being objective meant to stay at arms' lengths from any involvement in the narrative. Then I understand the title better - 'journeys to all the safe places' indeed! nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Beginning in Timaru, reputedly the most activity-challenged place in New Zealand, Lawson travels through Australia and Canada, where he learns to be especially wary of any place named after Queen Victoria or her close relatives. After dropping in on Normal, Illinois, and Dead Horse, Alaska - place names in the quiet world are sometimes disarmingly honest - he travels through soothing Switzerland, Milton Keynes, and Belgium, before his journey's end in EuroDisney, Expo '92, and Center Parcs: territories of Somewhere, the new tourist continent where, in a reversal of the usual rules of travel, countries come to you. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Lawson sets out to visit the dullest places in the world, including Timaru in New Zealand, Peoria in the US and Milton Keynes in the UK. While some of it is interesting, and some bits even humorous, Lawson isn't able to squeeze out the laughs from these situations that you're sure someone like Bill Bryson would. ( )