by Bill Bryson · Black Swan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780552998086
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«The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America» is Bill Bryson's travelogue, published by Black Swan in paperback (349 pages, in English).
After ten years in England, Bryson travels nearly 14,000 miles across the United States in search of Amalgam, the idyllic town of his youth. He finds a uniform America of gas stations, motels and burger joints. Across thirty-eight states he portrays a continent lost to greed, pollution and monotony, alien to him.
Work originally published in 1989; this Black Swan edition dates from 1999.
A classic of humorous non-fiction, suitable for a general audience.
William McGuire Bryson is an American-British journalist and author. Bryson has written nonfiction books on topics including travel, the English language, and science. Born in the United States, he has resided in Britain for most of his adult life, returning to the U.S. between 1995 and 2003, and holds dual American and British citizenship. He was the chancellor of Durham University from 2005 to 2011.
