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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Gran Tour: Travels with my Elders (originale 2020; edizione 2021)di Ben Aitken (Autore)
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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 good, quick little read and a good idea for a book that the author mostly pulls off. A young man in his thirties takes half a dozen coach tour holidays. Almost all his fellow passengers are pensioners for many of whom this sort of holiday is popular. It's cheap and its all inclusive. No hassle. He takes the trips not particularly for the holidays but for the opportunity of meeting and talking to older people. After some initial curiosity and defensiveness about his youth his fellow holiday makers provide good company and good conversation. Sometimes they amuse him, sometimes they annoy him, sometimes they puzzle him and sometimes they inspire him. He quotes some good one liners from random conversations and eavesdroppings. But any good travel book isn't just about the journey its about the context and what thoughts and discoveries it inspires. That's when Mr Aitken when switching from light comedy to deeper thoughts doesn't quite make it. Not enough about himself or the state of the world in which he finds himself. You get the impression that he is reluctant to reveal hidden depths. Good nevertheless. ( ) I can only give this two stars and say it was just "OK." I read 92 pages and then couldn't go on, so this was a DNF (did not finish) for me. This travel memoir sounded like a great concept to write about: a millennial joins senior citizens on organized travel trips to various British towns and tourist spots. The reviews were positive and the ratings were high. BUT I found it to be boring, flat, and dull. Possibly because I had just finished a fabulous murder mystery that also highlighted senior citizens (The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths, as well as earlier enjoying a similar five star book featuring elderly characters called The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman), I was waiting for something to happen in The Gran Tour. Author Ben Aitken narrates his travels with British pensioners hoping that their quirkiness will come across as comical and entertaining. Imagine if you were stuck on a bus or hotel tour with a group of shallow people who only wanted to eat, drink, and play bingo. Their eccentricity is not endearing, nor is Aitken's. I can only recommend this book if you are looking for something to read to put you to sleep. It worked every time! 145/2020. This is Ben Aitken's third travelogue. It's themed around six coach tours to England, Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, Italy, and Scotland. It's the sort of book that revolves around the author's interactions with the people encountered, especially as Aitken boasts that he doesn't do research and backs that up by not seeming particularly interested in his holiday destinations most of the time. Unfortunately for a book that revolves around the character of the author, at the age of 33+, Aitken hasn't decided which authorial persona to adopt so he ends up trying on different self-presentations, and even differing voices, in each section. He might admire Bill Bryson's success but doesn't appear willing to put in the effort required to emulate it. That said, this is easy reading and the other characters are amusing company so, if we're being honest, it's probably about as entertaining as anyone would expect from a coach tour: an average experience moulded by our guide smoothing out any mild ups and downs. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
"When Ben Aitken learnt that his gran had enjoyed a four-night holiday including four three-course dinners, four cooked breakfasts, four games of bingo, a pair of excursions, sixteen pints of lager and luxury return coach travel, all for a hundred pounds, he thought, that's the life, and signed himself up. Six times over. Good value aside, what Ben was really after was the company of his elders - those with more chapters under their belt, with the wisdom granted by experience, the candour gifted by time, and the hard-earned ability to live each day like it's nearly their last. A series of coach holidays ensued - from Scarborough to St Ives, Killarney to Lake Como - during which Ben attempts to shake off his thirty-something blues by getting old as soon as possible."--Page 4 of cover. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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