Bonjour Effect - The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed (Barlow Julie)(Paperback)

Why do the French enjoy starting a conversation with an argument? Why do they love talking about the decline of their country? Why do they claim to hate their jobs even when they don’t, and fall silent if anyone so much as mentions money?Conversation is an art form in France, guided by a complex set of rules, codes, conventions and taboos fit to make the bravest foreigner reach for the cognac. In The Bonjour Effect, the bestselling authors and journalists Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoît Nadeau take a ‘hugely engaging’ (France Today) tour through French culture, to reveal that talking to the Frenc
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