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Made In America
- An Informal History of American English
Engelsk Paperback
Made In America
- An Informal History of American English
Engelsk Paperback

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‘Funny, wise, learned and compulsive’ - GQ

Bill Bryson turns away from travelling the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid and Notes from a Big Country, for a fast, exhilarating ride along the Route 66 of American language and popular culture.

In Made in America, Bryson tells the story of how American arose out of the English language, and along the way, de-mythologizes his native land - explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn’t won, why Americans say ‘lootenant’ and ‘Toosday’, how they were eating junk food long before the word itself was cooked up - as well as exposing the true origins of the words G-string, blockbuster, poker and snafu.

‘A tremendously sassy work, full of zip, pizzazz and all those other great American qualities’
Will Self, Independent on Sunday








Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
592
ISBN-13:
9781784161866
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1784161861
Udg. Dato:
8 sep 2016
Længde:
32mm
Bredde:
129mm
Højde:
198mm
Forlag:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Oplagsdato:
8 sep 2016
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