When we talk about Australia, probably the first two things, if not the only things, that come to your mind are kangaroos and koalas. Today we will unlock the book "In A Sunburned Country". Wodehouse’s My Man Jeeves (1909) and James Thurber’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947).Hi, welcome to Bookey. Bryson is known for infusing everything he writes with humor, a trait he learned from reading books like P.G.
In A Walk in the Woods, Bryson reflects at length on the reckless ways in which human beings exploit nature and drive other creatures to extinction, which are both themes he takes up at length in his subsequent science book A Short History of Nearly Everything (2005). Bryson also discusses Henry David Thoreau, who famously extolled the American wilderness in Walden (1854), but actually (as Bryson wryly notes) disliked straying too far from the comforts of home. This includes 19th-century naturalist John Muir, whose wrote nonfiction books A Thousand-mile Walk to the Gulf (1916) and Our National Parks (1901).
In A Walk in the Woods, Bryson alludes to several historical authors, particularly those who glorified the American wild. Bryson’s other travelogues include Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe (1992) and In a Sunburned Country (2000).
This book, like A Walk in the Woods, fuses personal experiences, cultural history, and amusing anecdotes. Bryson lives in Hampshire, England with his wife, Cynthia.īryson is known for his many travel memoirs, notably his 1996 memoir about Britain, Notes on a Small Island. Bryson has earned numerous writing awards, accolades, and honorary doctorate degrees for his contributions to literary culture-and he was also knighted in the United Kingdom. Bryson has also written many nonfiction books on a range of topics, including science and language. Consequently, in the memoir, Bryson often compares his experiences in Europe with those in Appalachia. A Walk in the Woods documents Bryson’s attempt to get reacquainted with his native land after spending many years abroad. Bryson subsequently wrote several travel memoirs based on his experiences traveling in Europe, notably Notes from a Small Island (set in the United Kingdom), before returning to the United States. His first travel memoir, The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America documented his experiences exploring the United States in the 1980s. Bryson also began writing memoirs centered on travel. During that time, Bryson worked as a journalist, ending up as high-ranking writer for The Times and editor for The Independent. As a young adult, Bryson dropped out of college to travel in Europe and ended up settling in the United Kingdom. Here, he met his friend Matt Angerer, who features under the pseudonym Stephen Katz as Bryson’s travel companion in A Walk in the Woods.
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