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After working for four years at a leading London book publisher, Polly Evans moved to Hong Kong where she spent many happy hours as a senior editor on the city's biggest entertainment weekly. But fighting deadlines from a twizzly office chair and free use of the coffee machine seemed just too easy. So Polly exchanged the shiny red cabs of Hong Kong for a more demanding form of transport a bicycle and set off on a voyage of discovery around Spain.
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After leaving Cambridge University and a job at a London publisher, Polly Evans moved to Hong Kong, where she spent many happy hours as editor of the city’s biggest entertainment weekly. But fighting deadlines from an office chair seemed just too easy. So Polly set off on a voyage of discovery around Spain—on a bicycle. From the thigh–burning ascents of the Pyrenees to the relentless olive groves of Andalusia, she found more adventure than she bargained for, including nail–biting encounters with a sprightly pig, over–zealous suitors, and locals who questioned her morality, all while indulging her love of regional cooking. While she pedaled, Polly pondered some of the more lurid details of Spanish history: the king who collected pickled heads, the queen who toured the country with her husband’s moldering corpse, and the unfortunate duchess who lost her feet. And wherever she cycled, she ate and ate. A funny and irreverent account from an engaging new travel writer.
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POLLY EVANS studied modern languages at Cambridge University before working for a London publisher. After four years she moved to Hong Kong to become a journalist on the city's biggest weekly, before embarking on her epic journey around Spain.
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Book Description Condition: Muy bueno. After working for four years at a leading London book publisher, Polly Evans moved to Hong Kong where she spent many happy hours as a senior editor on the city's biggest entertainment weekly. But fighting deadlines from a twizzly office chair and free use of the coffee machine seemed just too easy. So Polly exchanged the shiny red cabs of Hong Kong for a more demanding form of transport a bicycle and set off on a voyage of discovery around Spain. From the thigh-burning ascents of the Pyrenees to the relentless olive groves of Andalusia, Polly found more adventures that she had bargained for. She survived a nail-biting encounter with a sprightly pig, escaped over-zealous suitors, had her morality questioned by the locals, encountered some dubious aficionados on the road and indulged her love of regional cooking. While she pedalled, Polly pondered some of the more lurid details of Spanish history the king who collected pickled heads, the queen who toured the country with her husband's mouldering corpse, and the unfortunate duchess who lost her feet. And wherever she cycled, she ate and ate and yet still she shrank out of her trousers. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés. EAN: 9780553815566 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Libros y guías de viaje| Literatura de viaje Título: It's Not about The Tapas : around Spain on Two WheelsAutor: Polly Evans Editorial: Bantam; First edition (1 septiembre 2003) Idioma: EN Páginas: 304 Formato: Tapa blanda Peso: 213 Año de publicación: 2003. Seller Inventory # Happ-2022-02-01-157244
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 302 pages. After working at a leading London book publisher a nd as a journalist in Hong Kong, Polly Evans decided to set off o n a voyage of discovery around Spain on a bicycle. From the thigh -burning ascents of the Pyrenees to the relentless olive groves o f Andalusia, Polly found more adventures than she had bargained f or. She survived a nail-biting encounter with a sprightly pig, es caped over-zealous suitors, had her morality questioned by the lo cals, encountered some dubious aficionados on the road, and indul ged her love of regional cooking. Editorial Reviews From Publis hers Weekly This story of a frustrated young editor who jumps shi p from her deadline-laden job in Hong Kong and escapes to a bikin g adventure in Spain is spiked with moments of hilarity and broad humor. I set myself the target of a thousand miles and six weeks in which to cover them, she writes. If my tour took a few ups an d downs, if I felt the need to let out the occasional primal scre am, well, in Spain nobody would notice. TheyÂ're used to crazines s in Spain. In fact, they positively celebrate it. Evans arranges her route through towns large and small (San Sebastian, Barcelon a, Ronda, Oropesa, etc.). Her odyssey of pedaling, chowing and se arching for quaint local color often reads like a picaresque, and her book has the same penchant for sharp caricature. Writing of a small town, she observes: A group of old men stood around the b ar, their heads in a cloud of smoke, a carpet of cigarette butts at their feet, and discussed the issues of the day? ?So, weÂ'll s ee you at the park bench for the three p.m. sit-and stare session ?Â' Elsewhere, she describes a rural woman carrying a sack of log s: I had the strong impression she had chopped them herself, quit e possible with a mighty slice of her hard, bare hand. Readers wh o enjoy this vein of humor will delight in her book, and to her c redit Evans often turns her wit upon herself. At one point she no tes that her trip has made her look like a toasted whippet, somet hing to do with being both gruesomely gaunt and burnt to a crisp. Copyright ® Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevi er Inc. All rights reserved. From Booklist A young Englishwoman leaves her unfulfilling job in Hong Kong and bicycles across Spai n. From Basque country through Castile, Evans finds the Spanish h ospitable, a nation rife with good food and dancing. Almost immed iately she discovers that she lacks the physical stamina for ridi ng her heavily laden bike through the Pyrenees' highest mountain passes. Nevertheless, she presses on, and her clothes grow too la rge for her newly lean physique. At her best when she leaves her self-involved narrative to give readers the opportunity to absorb the history and cultures of Spain's diverse regions, Evans' eye records delightfully unique sights, such as a group of vacationin g female Spanish pensioners with their uniformly black garb and t heir bright, colorful hair rinses. With a young American writer, she learns about the flamenco tradition but never discovers a ver ifiable version of flamenco's origins. She finds vestiges of last century's civil war, but comes across few willing to talk about that grim era before democracy was restored. Mark Knoblauch Copyr ight © American Library Association. All rights reserved Review A hilarious account of an epic adventure around bike-mad Spain. - Daily Express Book of the Week From the Publisher After leaving Cambridge University and a job at a London publisher, Polly Evans moved to Hong Kong, where she spent many happy hours as editor o f the city's biggest entertainment weekly. But fighting deadlines from an office chair seemed just too easy. So Polly set off on a voyage of discovery around Spain-on a bicycle. From the thigh-bu rning ascents of the Pyrenees to the relentless olive groves of A ndalusia, she found more adventure than she bargained for, includ ing nail-biting encounters with a sprightly pig, o. Seller Inventory # 783d
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