What is In a Sunburned Country about?
Every time Bill Bryson walks out the door, memorable travel literature threatens to break out. This time in Australia.
His previous excursion along the Appalachian Trail resulted in the sublime national bestseller A Walk in the Woods. In A Sunburned Country is his report on what he found in an entirely different place: Australia, the country that doubles as a continent, and a place with the friendliest inhabitants, the hottest, driest weather, and the most peculiar and lethal wildlife to be found on the planet. The result is a deliciously funny, fact-filled, and adventurous performance by a writer who combines humor, wonder, and unflagging curiousity.
Despite the fact that Australia harbors more things that can kill you in extremely nasty ways than anywhere else, including sharks, crocodiles, snakes, even riptides and deserts, Bill Bryson adores the place, and he takes his readers on a rollicking ride far beyond that beaten tourist path. Wherever he goes he finds Australians who are cheerful, extroverted, and unfailingly obliging, and these beaming products of land with clean, safe cities, cold beer, and constant sunshine fill the pages of this wonderful book.
Australia is an immense and fortunate land, and it has found in Bill Bryson its perfect guide.
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
In a Sunburned Country is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780375430565) and hardcover(ISBN 9780385259408) and hardcover(ISBN 9780767903851) and paperback(ISBN 9780385259415) and paperback(ISBN 9780767903868) and ebook(ISBN 9780385674539) and ebook(ISBN 9780767907668) and audiobook(ISBN 9780736689748) and audiobook(ISBN 9780553502558) and audiobook(ISBN 9780553527193) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780553753172) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781415920732) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781415950777) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780553711998) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780553502596) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780736689755)