Notes from a Big Country
by Bill Bryson
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Author: Bill BrysonEdition: Audio Cassette
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Published: 1999-11
ISBN: 055214648X
Publisher: Bantam Books-Audio
Book Reviews of Notes from a Big Country
Book Review: Disappointed
Summary: 3 Stars
I recently finished Notes from a Small Island (which I thoroughly enjoyed), and was eager to dig into what I expected to be kind of an equivalent synopsis of life in America. I am very disappointed because it seems that Bryson spends most of the time pandering to the Brits who can never seem to find anything good to say about America. If things are really so dire over here, then why do they come in droves and never leave again? I was relieved when I finally reached a chapter in which Bryson's British wife points out that all he does is complain, and he finally got around to mentioning the friendliness of the American people.
I lived in England myself, and it's funny that some of the same things he seemingly resents about America are the same things that I couldn't wait to return to. In his prior book he speaks endearingly about the many quirky aspects of life in Britain but seems not be nearly as receptive to America's quirks. Just when will America be entitled to its own culture and way of life without having to apologize to its stodgy European predecessors?
There is an unspoken rule in English culture that one never (directly) brags about one's own family, or indeed anything. I suppose Notes from a Big Country is a good indication of just how 'English' Bryson became while he was there. By no means should he brag about America, particularly to his British audience, but the book could have been so much more positive.
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