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The Bonjour Effect: The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed
Julie Barlow
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Description for The Bonjour Effect: The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed
Paperback. The bestselling authors of The Story of French unravel the mysteries of French conversation BIC Classification: 1DDF; CFP; JHMC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
St Martin´s Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781250130273
SKU
V9781250130273
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