Пътешествие с Чарли. В търсене на Америка
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9789545294914 (9545294914)
Publish date: 2007
Publisher: Колибри
Pages no: 240
Edition language: Bulgarian
In the fall and early winter of 1960, John Steinbeck packed up a camper-converted pickup truck and along with his dog went in search of America. Travels with Charley finds Steinbeck making a round trip around the United States with his dog, the titular Charley, looking to rediscover the voice, atti...
I picked up this book because I needed a road trip book to fill a participation requirement in a book challenge. I'm so glad that I did. The author took time off from everything to drive across the country with his dog. He met all different types of people and had good and bad experiences. Polit...
I haven't read many travelogues; off-hand I can only think of three prior to this one. Two of those were pleasant enough but unspectacular and the other was so dull I did not finish. But this is Steinbeck! Travelogue by a Nobel Prize winning writer - surely it's got to be good? After all I'm a big f...
Enjoyable and unsettling. The first half of the trip was a joy to travel along with Mr. Steinbeck. The last half a pain in the ass and disagreeable as he never skirted from the social issues shoved in his face in 1960. I have read some accounts that prove this book was fiction, but I don't care. I ...
Wonderful. I don't even care if half of it was fiction; it's the feeling a book can give you that counts and in this case, it made me want to snuggle up under my blankets, pretending I was going to sleep in Rocinante under a canopy of Sequioa's.