The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid

Travels Through my Childhood

Bill Bryson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

416 Seiten

2007
Black Swan (Verlag)
978-0-552-15546-5 (ISBN)

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Some say that the first hint that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came when his mother sent him to school in lime-green Capri pants. Others think it all started with his discovery, at the age of six, of a woollen jersey of rare fineness. Across the moth-holed chest was a golden thunderbolt. It may have looked like an old college football sweater, but young Bryson knew better. It was obviously the Sacred Jersey of Zap, and proved that he had been placed with this innocuous family in the middle of America to fly, become invisible, shoot guns out of people's hands from a distance, and wear his underpants over his jeans in the manner of Superman.

Bill Bryson's first travel book opened with the immortal line, 'I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.' In his deeply funny new memoir, he travels back in time to explore the ordinary kid he once was, and the curious world of 1950s America. It was a happy time, when almost everything was good for you, including DDT, cigarettes and nuclear fallout. This is a book about growing up in a specific time and place. But in Bryson's hands, it becomes everyone's story, one that will speak volumes - especially to anyone who has ever been young.

Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. His bestselling books include The Road to Little Dribbling, Notes from a Small Island, A Walk in the Woods, One Summer and The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. In a national poll, Notes from a Small Island was voted the book that best represents Britain. His acclaimed work of popular science, A Short History of Nearly Everything, won the Aventis Prize and the Descartes Prize, and was the biggest selling non-fiction book of its decade in the UK. His new book The Body: A Guide for Occupants is an extraordinary exploration of the human body which will have you marvelling at the form you occupy. Bill Bryson was Chancellor of Durham University 2005–2011. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society. He lives in England.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.6.2007
Reihe/Serie	Bryson
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	110 x 178 mm
Gewicht	220 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher
	Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
Schlagworte	50er Jahre; Berichte/Erinnerungen • Englisch; Biografien/Erinnerungen • USA; Berichte/Erinnerungen
ISBN-10	0-552-15546-2 / 0552155462
ISBN-13	978-0-552-15546-5 / 9780552155465
Zustand	Neuware