1,843 books
—
4,307 voters
Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.
Start by marking “Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe” as Want to Read:
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe
(Bryson and Katz #1)
by
Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In Neither Here nor There he brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet, and journeys from Hammerfest, the northernmost town on the continent, to Istanbul on the cusp of Asia. Fluent in
...more
Get A Copy
Paperback, 254 pages
Published
March 28th 1993
by William Morrow Paperbacks
(first published 1991)
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
Reader Q&A
Community Reviews
Showing 1-6
Start your review of Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe
Pole ammu lugenud raamatut, mis minus kõva naerupurske esile kutsub
Autor paistis meeleheitlikult pingutavat, et olla naljakas - enamasti muidugi ei olnud. Mõjus lihtsalt lakkamatu virisemise ja stereotüpiseerimisena. Mõttetu.
Huumorisoon on igaühel erinev, kuid nii hullumeelselt naljakaks, nagu kaanetutvustus lubas, ma seda raamatut küll ei peaks. Olid mõned päris hästi õnnestunud pärlid, aga sekka ka maitsetut jauramist ning punnitatud mõttetusi. Tabasin end mitmel korral mõttel, et jätku oma tembutamine ning rääkigu asjast, ehk siis reisidest. Sellisena see raamat aga ilmselt mõeldud ei olnud. Ei saa öelda, et midagi huvitavat teada saanud ei oleks, aga reisiraamatu kohta siiski häbematult vähe, eriti kui jäi mulje
...more
Bryson olla kunagi seitsmekümnendatel mööda Euroopat kolistanud ja siis sellest loetava reisiraamatu kirjutanud. Eesti keelde pole see igatahes jõudnud ja nii on ta minust lugemata jäänud. Isegi see raamat kuulub juba dinosauruste aega, kirjutatud 1991. aastal pea 20 aastat pärast oma tudengipõlve reisi. Ma tõesti ei tea, miks see eesti keelde tõlgitud on. Muuhulgas tegeldakse ka Euroopas reisimisega ja kohutava vingumisega, kuidas siin või seal kõik valesti on. Iga hinna eest katsutakse kivist
...more
Huvitav lugu, Brysoni Ameerikas matkamisest rääkiv reisiraamat meeldis mulle, aga selles on ta yks nääkuv jobu ja ehkki ta käis Euroopas ainult kahes linnas, kus ma olen ka käinud (kolmest olen veel rongiga läbi sõitnud), ei olnud isegi eriti huvitav. Naerma ajas mõnikord kyll, aga no mis siis.
Vaba mõtlemise ja terava ütlemisega irooniline reisikiri, lõbus lugemine. Autoril õnnestus virmaliste vaatamine veel eriti erakordseks elamuseks vormida.
| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodreads Librari...: Book summary is a sales description | 2 | 14 | Jan 21, 2018 04:41AM | |
| Books to read in Europe | 1 | 12 | Mar 24, 2017 10:32PM |
Readers also enjoyed
William McGuire "Bill" Bryson, OBE, FRS was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. He settled in England in 1977, and worked in journalism until he became a full time writer. He lived for many years with his English wife and four children in North Yorkshire. He and his family then moved to New Hampshire in America for a few years, but they have now returned to live in the UK.
In The Lost Continent, Bil ...more
In The Lost Continent, Bil ...more
Other books in the series
Bryson and Katz
(2 books)
Articles featuring this book
Summer Reading is sponsored by Lifetime’s Book to Screen Movies.
Who better to suggest a perfect summer read than some of the biggest...
179 likes · 126 comments
6 trivia questions
More quizzes & trivia...
“But that's the glory of foreign travel, as far as I am concerned. I don't want to know what people are talking about. I can't think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. Suddenly you are five years old again. You can't read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense of how things work, you can't even reliably cross a street without endangering your life. Your whole existence becomes a series of interesting guesses.”
—
839 likes
“Is there anything, apart from a really good chocolate cream pie and receiving a large unexpected cheque in the post, to beat finding yourself at large in a foreign city on a fair spring evening, loafing along unfamiliar streets in the long shadows of a lazy sunset, pausing to gaze in shop windows or at some church or lovely square or tranquil stretch of quayside, hesitating at street corners to decide whether that cheerful and homy restaurant you will remember fondly for years is likely to lie down this street or that one? I just love it. I could spend my life arriving each evening in a new city.”
—
140 likes
More quotes…
