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The Bonjour Effect - The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed (Paperback)
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The Bonjour Effect - The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 3 780
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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.
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