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Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoit Nadeau spent a decade travelling back and forth to Paris as well as living there. Yet one important lesson never seemed to sink in: how to communicate comfortably with the French, even when you speak their language. In The Bonjour Effect Julie and Jean-Benoit chronicle the lessons they learned after they returned to France to live, for a year, with their twin daughters. They offer up all the lessons they learned and explain, in a book as fizzy as a bottle of the finest French champagne, the most important aspect 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 all discussion? Why do the French become so aroused debating the merits and qualities of their own language? Through encounters with school principals, city hall civil servants, 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 bistro on the Left Bank.Product Identifiers
PublisherPrelude
ISBN-139780715651254
eBay Product ID (ePID)222200931
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Bonjour Effect: the Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed
AuthorJulie Barlow, Jean-Benoit Nadeau
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicEntertainment, Travel Guide, Travel Writing
Publication Year2016
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height223mm
Item Width148mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorJulie Barlow, Jean-Benoit Nadeau
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom