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How the French Think: An Affectionate Portrait on an Intellectual People
Sudhir Hazareesingh
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Description for How the French Think: An Affectionate Portrait on an Intellectual People
paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 8pp colour. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 340.
WINNER OF THE GRAND PRIX DU LIVRE D'IDEES The French: serious and frivolous, charming and infuriating, rational and mystical, pessimistic, pleasure-loving - and perhaps more than any other people, intellectual. This original and entertaining book shows exactly what makes the French so ... French.
WINNER OF THE GRAND PRIX DU LIVRE D'IDEES The French: serious and frivolous, charming and infuriating, rational and mystical, pessimistic, pleasure-loving - and perhaps more than any other people, intellectual. This original and entertaining book shows exactly what makes the French so ... French.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241961063
SKU
9780241961063
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About Sudhir Hazareesingh
Sudhir Hazareesingh was born in Mauritius. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and has been a Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Balliol College, Oxford, since 1990. Among his books are The Legend of Napoleon, Le Mythe Gaullien and How the French Think. He won the Prix du Memorial d'Ajaccio and the Prix de la Fondation Napoleon for ... Read more
Reviews for How the French Think: An Affectionate Portrait on an Intellectual People
This book depicts Parisian society like a Cambridge party in which everyone knows the jokes, and everyone knows where the bodies are buried. You will read it not just with fascination, but with relish.
Jonathan Clark
Times Literary Supplement (Books of the Year)
A first-rate book... Sudhir Hazareesingh, brings an engaging personal angle to his ambitious cavalcade ... Read more
Jonathan Clark
Times Literary Supplement (Books of the Year)
A first-rate book... Sudhir Hazareesingh, brings an engaging personal angle to his ambitious cavalcade ... Read more