How to be a Brit: The Classic Bestselling Guide
Autor George Mikesen Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 noi 2015
'Got me in tears of laughter'5***** Reader Review
'Laugh-out-loud hilarious, witty and insightful'5***** Reader Review
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Born in Hungary, George Mikes eventually spent more than forty years in the Britain observing behaviours and misbehaviours of local and foreign Brits.
With essential chapters such as "How to Avoid Travelling", "On Shopping", "In Praise of Television", "On Not Complaining" and "How to Panic Quietly", you'll get to know Britain like never before.
Loved by readers and authors alike,How to Be a Britcontains Mikes's three major works --How to be an Alien,How to be InimitableandHow to be Decadent.
If you're British, you'll love it; if you're a foreigner, you'll appreciate it.
Queuing:"An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one."
How to plan a town:"Street names should be painted clearly and distinctly on large boards. Then hide these boards carefully."
Sex:"Continental people have sex lives: the English have hot water bottles."
George Mikes's perceptive bestseller provides a complete guide to the British Way of Life.
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'Hilarious and informative essays about the British way of life'5***** Reader Review
'So many people have tried to describe the English mentality . . . This book is as near as you can get!'5***** Reader Review
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241975008
ISBN-10: 024197500X
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 024197500X
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
George
Mikes
(pronounced
'me-cash'),
was
born
in
Hungary
1912.
In
1938
he
moved
to
London
to
become
the
correspondent
for
a
Hungarian
newspaper,
and
then
he
never
left.
A
keen
observer
of
the
behaviour
and
misbehaviour
of
foreigners
and
natives
in
Britain,
he
is
frequently
cited
by
later
authors
including
Kate
Fox
and
Jeremy
Paxman.
He
died
in
London
in
1987.
Recenzii
In
all
the
miseries
which
plague
mankind,
there
is
hardly
anything
better
than
such
radiant
humour
as
is
given
to
you.
Everyone
must
laugh
with
you
-
even
those
who
are
hit
with
your
little
arrows.
An instant classic
Very funny
Bill Bryson is George Mikes' love-child
This is the vital textbook for Brits, would-be Brits, and anyone who wonders what being a Brit really means. Pass me my hot water bottle, please
Wise and witty
Brilliantly comical
Mikes is a master of the laconic yet slippery put-down: "The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink"
I love it and read it cover to cover. Also has good tips for talking about the weather, not that we need them
Full of the very best advice that any would-be Brit should need (and for those of us who have forgotten exactly how it is to be ourselves) it's a jolly good read
How to be an Alieninspired me ... Some of his observations remain remarkably fresh and relevant 70 years later, but it's his tone that impressed me
I used to think that Mikes's world has gone, but it has returned to us in spades via the referendum.
An instant classic
Very funny
Bill Bryson is George Mikes' love-child
This is the vital textbook for Brits, would-be Brits, and anyone who wonders what being a Brit really means. Pass me my hot water bottle, please
Wise and witty
Brilliantly comical
Mikes is a master of the laconic yet slippery put-down: "The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink"
I love it and read it cover to cover. Also has good tips for talking about the weather, not that we need them
Full of the very best advice that any would-be Brit should need (and for those of us who have forgotten exactly how it is to be ourselves) it's a jolly good read
How to be an Alieninspired me ... Some of his observations remain remarkably fresh and relevant 70 years later, but it's his tone that impressed me
I used to think that Mikes's world has gone, but it has returned to us in spades via the referendum.
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Contains such book as "How to be an Alien", "How to be Inimitable" and "How to be Decadent".
Contains such book as "How to be an Alien", "How to be Inimitable" and "How to be Decadent".