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Sto caricando le informazioni... Mustn't Grumble: In Search of England and the Englishdi Joe Bennett
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. A travel guide for the un-romantic. Actually a book of essays from various spots all about the country, Bennett goes to the least loved spots of England (which brief forays into Wales and Scotland) as he follows the trail of H.V. Morton, a travel writer from the 1920's whom Bennett greatly admired. After a few months of seeking out cities, villages and monuments that Morton loved but have been neglected for years, or turned into quaint tourist attractions, Bennett has had enough of Morton by the end of the book. What Bennett discovers is that England has changed drastically in the 80 years since Morton traveled it. Rather than recommending places to visit, Bennett gives the reader plenty of reasons not to visit a particular place, or not to visit England at all. In turns funny and depressing, but well written throughout. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Fifteen years ago, Joe Bennett left England for a holiday. Now it's time to come back. But how is the England of his memory different from the England of the motorway? Identikit High Streets, imported cheeriness ('Welcome to Sunny Grimsby!'), chicken tikka poker machine pubs -- things aren't what they used to be. But the longer Joe travels, the more he wonders whether things were ever what they used to be in England. Even a century ago, H. V. Morton, the nation's most celebrated eulogiser, was In Search of England. Criss-crossing the country by varying means of transport and with varying degrees of enthusiasm, Joe Bennett delivers a dazzlingly funny and poignant portrait of his homeland -- part love letter, part eulogy and part diatribe, it is a wonderful follow-up to the acclaimed LAND OF TWO HALVES and establishes him as one of our most engaging travel writers. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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