Down Under

作者 Bill Bryson著
出版社 Corgi Audio
出版时间 2000年8月
ISBN 9780552148368
定价 151.60

内容简介

AftertalesfromtheUSAandBritain,BillBrysonturnshisrovingeyetoAustralia,theonlyislandthatisalsoacontinentandtheonlycontinentthatisalsoacountry.Itisthedriest,flattest,mostdesiccated,infertileandclimaticallyaggressiveofalltheinhabitedcontinents.Ithasmorethingsthatcankillyouinaverynastywaythatanywhereelse.YetwhenBillBrysontravelledtoAustraliahepromptlyfellinlovewiththecountry.Andwhocanblamehim?Thepeoplearecheerful,thecitiessafeandclean,thefoodisexcellent,thebeeriscoldandthesunnearlyalwaysshines.HetriestofindoutwhyAussiesaresocool,diggingupapastthatrevealsconvicts,explorers,golddiggersandoutlaws.

作者简介

BillBryson'smanybooksinclude,mostrecently,I'maStrangerHereMyself,aswellasAWalkintheWoods,LostContinent,NotesfromaSmallIsland,andMotherTongue.BorninDesMoines,Iowa,in1951,helivedinEnglandforalmosttwodecades.HenowlivesinHanover,NewHampshire,withhiswifeandtheirfourchildren.--ThistextreferstothePaperbackedition.

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