Pleasure by the busload
Capa dura, 276 páginas
Autor: Emily Kimbrough
Publicado por: Harper & Brothers (1ª Edição, 1961)
"Take a Volkswagen Microbus, boost up into Emily, Sophy, the lovely and famous Greek musician Gina Bachauer, her English husband, orchestra conductor Alec Sherman, alias, in the book, "Brother T.,", spin them through the streets of Lisbon, launch them on a tour of enchanting Portuguese by-ways (many as yet undiscovered by most travelers), and the prize is pleasure all the way.
Few inhabitants of Portugal speak English. The travelers in the Microbus spoke little Portuguese . although Sophy, the indispensable, indisputable leader of any group, had done a stint at Berlitz.
Yet not all the mishaps and comic mix-ups can be put down to language difficulties.
(...)
The delightful and the absurd - a nightingale at dawn, a storybook country fair, a preposterous traffic jam, the beach at Nazaré, folk dances and Fado, the food, the churches and the castles - are winningly entwined with the facts about the ways and means of enjoying Portugal that every traveler (armchair or otherwise) will want.
In Pleasure by the Busload, Miss Kombrough, with a group of irresistible companions, takes her readers on a new journey - perhaps the most unusual and enjoyable so far."
Comentário: Raro e impressionante! Uma trip numa splitscreen por terras portuguesas, com ilustrações a condizer.
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