In a Sunburned Country offers the best of all possible introductions to what may well be the best of all possible nations. This book, which is part memoir and part ode to North America’s nature, details the pair’s journey, and it was later adapted into a film starring Robert Redford as Bryson and Nick Nolte as Katz. The dangerous riptides of the sea and the sun-baked wastes of the outback both lie in wait for the unwary.Īustralia is an immense and fortunate land, and it has found in Bill Bryson its perfect guide. In fact, Australia has more things that can kill you in extremely nasty ways than anywhere else: sharks, crocodiles, the planet's ten most deadly poisonous snakes, fluffy yet toxic caterpillars, sea shells that actually attack you, and the unbelievable box jellyfish (don't ask). And despite the fact that it is the most desiccated, infertile and climatically aggressive of all inhabited continents, it teems with life. Its aboriginal people, a remote and mysterious race with a tragic history, have made it their home for millennia. It's a place where interesting things happen all the time, from a Prime Minister lost - yes, lost - while swimming at sea, to Japanese cult members who may (entirely unnoticed) have set off an atomic bomb on their 500,000 acre property in the great western desert.Īustralia is the only island that is also a continent, and the only continent that is also a country. It takes us to a funny scene in the local outdoor goods shop, and then through the woods with the overweight, bumbling Katz and a hilarious cast of characters they meet along the way.Deliciously funny, fact-filled and adventurous, In a Sunburned Country takes us on a grand tour of Australia. The book starts out with a midlife decision to take a walk. The book dips in and out of modernity and “nature” (as socially constructed as it may be).

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail. The few times where Bryson (and Katz, half the time) wanders out of the forest into a tourist trap or a lodge makes you feel green and bright-eyed. This item: In a Sunburned Country, Book Cover May Vary. His descriptions are beautiful, his perspectives poignant. Bill Bryson is a master storyteller, and this is his opus. Bill Bryson In a Sunburned Country Audio CD Unabridged, Jby Bill Bryson (Author, Reader) 4,385 ratings Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 10.82 143 Used from 1.56 7 New from 15.32 12 Collectible from 9. “In a Sunburned Country” is a charming biography of Shakespeare based on the fact that we know next to nothing about the man. Description of In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson PDF The Book “In a Sunburned Country” is a charming biography of Shakespeare based on the fact that we know next to nothing about the man.

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