Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Bonjour EffectCondition: NewSubtitle: The Secret Codes of French Conversation RevealedAuthor: Julie Barlow, Jean-Benoit NadeauFormat: PaperbackEAN: 9781250130273ISBN: 9781250130273Publisher: St Martin's PressGenre: HistoryRelease Date: 05/09/2017Description: Most of what we know about the French comes from what the French say about themselves. Yet how are we supposed to understand a people who say non when they mean yes, who never say "I don't know," even when they really don't, and who argue at the drop of a hat? Jean-Benoit Nadeau and Julie Barlow spent a decade traveling to and also living in Paris. In The Bonjour Effect, they chronicle the lessons they learned after returning to France to live, for a year, with their twin daughters. In a book as fizzy as a bottle of French champagne, they reveal the most important lesson of all: the French don't communicate, they converse. To understand and speak French well, one must understand that French conversation runs on a set of rules that go to the heart of French culture. Why do the French like talking about "the decline of France"? Why does broaching a subject like money end discussions? Through encounters with school principals, city hall civil servants, gas company employees, old friends and business acquaintances, Julie and Jean-Benoit explain why, culturally and historically, conversation with the French is not about communicating or being nice. It's about being interesting.After reading The Bonjour Effect, even readers with a modicum of French language ability will be able to hold their own the next time they step into a crowded bus, a beloved boulangerie, or a bistro on the Left Bank.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 210mmItem Length: 140mmItem Width: 20mmRelease Year: 2017 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Bonjour Effect
Title: The Bonjour Effect
Subtitle: The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed
EAN: 9781250130273
ISBN: 9781250130273
Genre: History
Release Date: 05/09/2017
Release Year: 2017
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Name: Bonjour Effect : the Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed
Language: English
Publisher: ST. Martin's Press
Publication Year: 2017
Item Height: 0.8 in
Subject: Communication Studies, Sociology / General, Europe / France, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Translating & Interpreting
Item Weight: 9.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Travel, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Jean-Benoit Nadeau, Julie Barlow
Item Width: 5.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
