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A Tall Man In A Low Land

- Some Time Among the Belgians
Af: Harry Pearson Engelsk Paperback

A Tall Man In A Low Land

- Some Time Among the Belgians
Af: Harry Pearson Engelsk Paperback
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Most British travel writers head south for a destination that is hot, exotic, dangerous or all three. Harry Pearson chose to head in the opposite direction for a country which is damp, safe and of legendary banality: Belgium. But can any nation whose most famous monument is a statue of a small boy urinating really be that dull? Pearson lived there for several months, burying himself in the local culture. He drank many of the 800 different beers the Belgians produce; ate local delicacies such as kip kap (jellied pig cheeks) and a mighty tonnage of chicory and chips. In one restaurant the house speciality was ''Hare in the style of grandmother''. ''I didn''t order it. I quite like hare, but had no wish to see one wearing zip-up boots and a blue beret.'' A TALL MAN IN A LOW LAND commemorates strange events such as The Festival of Shrimps at Oostduinkerke and laments the passing of the Underpant Museum in Brussels. No reader will go away from A TALL MAN IN A LOW LAND without being able to name at least ten famous Belgians. Mixing evocative description and low-grade buffoonery Harry Pearson paints a portrait of Belgium that is more rounded than a Smurf after a night on the mussels.
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Most British travel writers head south for a destination that is hot, exotic, dangerous or all three. Harry Pearson chose to head in the opposite direction for a country which is damp, safe and of legendary banality: Belgium. But can any nation whose most famous monument is a statue of a small boy urinating really be that dull? Pearson lived there for several months, burying himself in the local culture. He drank many of the 800 different beers the Belgians produce; ate local delicacies such as kip kap (jellied pig cheeks) and a mighty tonnage of chicory and chips. In one restaurant the house speciality was ''Hare in the style of grandmother''. ''I didn''t order it. I quite like hare, but had no wish to see one wearing zip-up boots and a blue beret.'' A TALL MAN IN A LOW LAND commemorates strange events such as The Festival of Shrimps at Oostduinkerke and laments the passing of the Underpant Museum in Brussels. No reader will go away from A TALL MAN IN A LOW LAND without being able to name at least ten famous Belgians. Mixing evocative description and low-grade buffoonery Harry Pearson paints a portrait of Belgium that is more rounded than a Smurf after a night on the mussels.
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 256
ISBN-13: 9780349112060
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0349112061
Kategori: Humor
Udg. Dato: 2 sep 1999
Længde: 14mm
Bredde: 126mm
Højde: 198mm
Forlag: Little, Brown Book Group
Oplagsdato: 2 sep 1999
Forfatter(e): Harry Pearson
Forfatter(e) Harry Pearson


Kategori Humor


ISBN-13 9780349112060


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 256


Udgave


Længde 14mm


Bredde 126mm


Højde 198mm


Udg. Dato 2 sep 1999


Oplagsdato 2 sep 1999


Forlag Little, Brown Book Group

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