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Acts as a guide on how to get what you really want from the French. This title provides advice on useful phrases.Read More

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    The only book you'll need to understand what the French really think how to get on with them and and most importantly how to get the best of them. The Commandments (a selection): Thou Shalt Be Right: Why the French believe they're the centre of the universe; their reputation for arrogance; and their obsession with the French language - which is incredibly complicated and always right. Thou Shalt Not Serve: Why getting served is often such an unnecessary hassle; and why 'no' is the almost inevitable reply to a question beginning 'Is it possible to ...' Thou Shalt Not Work: Strikes; the 35-hour week; and why it's a mistake to call anyone after 3pm on a Friday. Thou Shalt Love: The French and sex; the myth of the Latin lover; the institution of adultery; and feminism - French style. Illustrated with witty real life anecdotes "Talk to the Snail" is brimming with advice essential phrases and bons mots to cover all eventualities. This is a book that no self-respecting Francophile -or Francophobe- can afford to be without.

  • TheBookPeople

    Have you been taken to what you've been assured is the perfect house deep in the French countryside, only to find there's no electricity or running water? Gone to the doctor with a nasty cough, and been diagnosed with a rather more personal complaint? Walked into an half-empty restaurant, only to be told that it's complet? If the answer to any of the above is oui, Talk to the Snail is the book for you. Find out how to get served in a restaurant; the best way to deal with French hypochondria; learn the language of love, sex and suppositories (not necessarily in that order); it's all here in this funny, informative, seriously useful guide on how to get what you really want from the French. With advice on essential phrases and bons mots to cover all eventualities, and illustrated with witty real-life anecdotes, Talk to the Snail is a book that no self-respecting Francophile - or Francophobe - can afford to be without. Don't go to France without reading this book. And don't even think of buying a house there.

  • BookDepository

    Talk to the Snail : Paperback : Transworld Publishers Ltd : 9780552773683 : 0552773689 : 02 Jul 2007 : Acts as a guide on how to get what you really want from the French. This title provides advice on useful phrases.

  • 0552773689
  • 9780552773683
  • Stephen Clarke
  • 2 July 2007
  • Black Swan
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 272
  • New edition
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