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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...must go to his work; most of it cannot come to you -- not the murals and not many of the paintings either, most of which are now considered too frail to travel. Neither the St. Luke Altarpiece nor The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, that unsurpassably bitter and poignant image of the corpse on the stone slab, can leave the Brera in Milan, and the Louvre will never lend the Madonna della Vittoria to another museum...
Neither Here Nor There is a gem of a book that combines little known history, interesting statistics and countless anecdotes that make for both an incredibly delightful read and an extremely enjoyable travel guide...
...Europe, but instead depicts all the color and vitality he has experienced there. He makes his work distinct from other travelogues because he does not merely glamorize the scenes and sights of Europe--he adds all of the hilarious anecdotes that have happened to him in his months of travel. Where else will you find Naples depicted as a dump and a description of the view of the sea at Capri as something for which the author would trade eyelashes with Tammy Bakker...
...travel guide, Neither Here Nor There is nothing if not honest, which distinguish it from the rest. For example, Bryson became so frustrated with the other "incredibly useless guidebooks to Italy" that he decided not to dignify them by revealing their names--except that "one of them should have been called Let's Go Get Another Guidebook and the other one was Fodor...
Most endearing about Neither Here Nor There is not its value as a travel guide, but its incredible levity. This book provides enjoyment for any reader, whether interested in Europe or not. Fortunately, it does provide some great inside information for any eager, or bored, traveler. One has to read this little work to experience the anecdotes that are much too graphic and profane to be quoted here...