France, a Nation on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: French Conceits, Paradoxes And Self-delusions
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- Synopsis
- Meet the real French, and chuckle!The French are savvy, sophisticated, elegant — Right? Wrong! The French...* lecture the world about haute cuisine yet they eat more McDonald's hamburgers than anywhere else in the world* roll their eyes at foreign culture even as CSI is their most watched TV programme* pretend to be literary though Fifty Shades of Gray is France’s best-selling book, everAlmost two decades ago Jonathan Miller moved to France. Soon he discovered the hilarious truth. The modern French live in a feverish state of fantasy. People are paid to pretend to work, pretend to strike, and generally think work causes depression and suicide. Dental hygienists are illegal, yet the French exchange a staggering 184 billion kisses every year. While preaching liberté, the State forbids everything, is run by one school’s alumni, messes up over two thirds of the economy. It goes on....
- Copyright:
- 2019
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 288 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781783340859
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781783340842
- Publisher:
- Gibson Square Books, Limited
- Date of Addition:
- 08/18/21
- Copyrighted By:
- av Gibson Square
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Travel
- Reading Age:
- 18 and up
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.