The French

by Theodore Zeldin

Book Overview

A BOOK FOR ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN IRRITATED, IGNORED, AMUSES, OR PERPLEXED BY THE FRENCH.

French cuisine, French style, and French wine are internationally renowned and familiar, but for most of the English-speaking world, the French people remain an enigma. In his engaging, eye-opening book, Theodore Zeldin introduces scores of French men, women, and children to answer the questions that confound every visitor to France: When do you laugh at...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568361572
• ISBN13: 9781568361574
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Kodansha
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 8.2" x 5.6"

Customer Reviews

A good foundation

I bought this book, hoping to get up-to-date information on French culture and society. Although I enjoyed the book and found it very informative from a historical perspective, I was dissappointed that much of the quoted information and statistics derive from studies and interviews done as long ago as 1973, most from the 1970's in general, and nothing after 1982. Since I was a student in France in 1982, it is interesting to look back on my experiences in view of what I have read in this book. But if you want to know anything about current trends in French popular culture, or more recent studies, statistics, and [attitude revealing] interviews with French individuals, you will not find it in this book.