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Finalmente un libro leggero e divertente. La famiglia Kwimper in realtà torna da una vacanza nel sud degli Stati Uniti, ma sbaglia strada, finisce la benzina e i viveri e quindi si organizza. I motivi di comicità del libro sono vari: i comportamenti dei Kwimper sono sempre un po’ traslati rispetto a Leggi tutto

Lettura rigenerante, rilassante, positiva, che rivede – con leggerezza solo apparente - l’ordine delle priorità dell’uomo. In un’America ove tutto è stato diligentemente catalogato, regolato da leggi, burocratizzato, omologato, non v’è più spazio per l’individualismo, per la libera iniziativa, per i Leggi tutto

Grazie Richard Powell per questa chicca! Grazie anche a te, Einaudi, per aver ripubblicato quest'opera e aver saputo dare valore a ciò che davvero merita! Come non ringraziare sentitamente anche te, inizio del 2016.. Ora capisco che tutte le sòle che mi hai ammollato erano un pretesto per prepararmi a Leggi tutto

I saw this book at the public library and picked it up to scan it. My boyfriend that I was crazy for choosing that one but I thought it had quite an exciting cover. I think the book is an original because it looks like it was printed in the 50's. I checked it out and read it in two days. Its one of

ยึดมั่นและแน่วแน่ในความมึนมาก นับถือเลยที่คงคาแรกเตอร์ตัวละครแต่ละตัวได้ตั้งแต่ต้นจนจบ พล็อตธรรมดาๆ อย่างการขับรถหลงทางและน้ำมันหมด สามารถเลยเถิดไปจนถึงการตั้งรกรากใหม่ได้เลย ที่สุดจริงๆ ค่ะ บ้ากว่านี้มีอีกมั๊ย >,< Leggi tutto

Part of my Florida collection - Can't ask for more from a book than a great story, great writing and a consistent tone, in this case, of humor. This is very different than other Richard Powell writings I've read before. His knack for humor will have me hunting for anything else he did in the same ge Leggi tutto

The Kwympers—Pop, twenty-two year old Toby, seven year old twins Eddy and Teddy (who may be Toby’s cousins or his uncles, nobody’s quite sure) and the twins’ baby sitter Holly Jones—are far from home in Jersey, returning from vacation when Pop drives on to a road closed to public. Many miles down th Leggi tutto