Neither Here Nor There, Bill Bryson
Neither Here Nor There, Bill Bryson
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Neither Here Nor There

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Author: Bill Bryson

Narrator: Bill Bryson

Abridged: 5 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/04/2000

Synopsis

Bryson brings his unique brand of humour to travel writing as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet and heads for Europe. Travelling with Stephen Katz—also his wonderful sidekick in A Walk in the Woods—he wanders from Hammerfest in the far north, to Istanbul on the cusp of Asia. As he makes his way round this incredibly varied continent, he retraces his travels as a student twenty years before with caustic hilarity.

About The Author

Bill Bryson's bestselling books include A Walk in the Woods, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, and A Short History of Nearly Everything (which won the Aventis Prize in Britain and the Descartes Prize, the European Union's highest literary award). He was chancellor of Durham University, England's third oldest university, from 2005 to 2011, and is an honorary fellow of Britain's Royal Society.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen on October 22, 2015

The storytelling was entertaining, and it was the light reading I needed just now, but that was really it. I read "I'm a Stranger Here Myself" years ago, but did not listen to it in this collection. I really did enjoy that book a lot. It helped bring the review to 3 stars and the "I liked it". I enj......more

Goodreads review by William on February 16, 2015

Finally an author who reads from his own work has lived up to my expectations. Just as I imagined him to be. Of course, I enjoy anything that I read from Bryson, so I was prepared to be disappointed "listening" to him read his works. I wasn't, and I look forward to reading (or hearing!) more from hi......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on May 04, 2008

I loved "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by the author so much that I think this left me a bit disappointed. Lots of stories - life in Great Britain, traveling, and life in America. There was plenty of interesting material, but too often it just sounded like Bill Bryson was just complaining a......more

Goodreads review by Sara on January 07, 2013

I love Bill Bryson and everything he's ever written. He's witty, charming and hilarious. This is a collection of 3 stories ranging from moving to America, his homeland after 20 years abroad, backpacking in Europe and a trip around Britain.......more

Goodreads review by Chris on July 04, 2018

A fun, frothy collection of essays from an American trying to squeeze himself into the British way of life.......more

Quotes

“Bryson is first and foremost a storyteller—and a supremely comic and original one at that.”
—Winnipeg Free Press

"A breezy and entertaining account of what it is like to be utterly at sea in a continent most of his readers will regard as familiar."
―Independent on Sunday

"Hugely funny (not snigger-snigger funny, but great-big-belly-laugh-till-you-cry funny)."
―Daily Telegraph

"Undoubtedly the most enjoyable travel book of the year."
―Time Out

"This is the travel book that every Inter-Rail vagrant would love to write; the Animal House of the genre."
―New Statesman

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