Le Dossier: How to Survive the English!

Informationen zum Autor Essex-born Sarah Long read English at Oxford and worked in publishing until moving to Paris where she lived for ten years! working as a writer and translator. She is the author of two novels! And What Do You Do? ! based on her experiences in Paris! and The Next Best Thing . Married with three children! she now lives in London. She met Hortense de Monplaisir at a wine tasting in Paris! and describes her as my soul sister. Klappentext In this hilarious and sharply observed handbook! Parisian wife and mother Hortense de Monplaisir shares with us the secrets of her survival amongst the English. Nothing is safe from Hortense's penetrating eye as she discusses a diverse range of topics from the inability of the English to speak their mind! their passion for long muddy walks! to their obsession with World War II and estate agents The result is a double-edged comedy: here are the foibles of the English! seen through the jaundiced gaze of a sophisticated Parisienne.. Think WATCHING THE ENGLISH meets HOW TO BE AN ALIEN. Zusammenfassung How to Survive the English

Product details

• Authors: Lon, Sarah Long, Monplaisir
• Assisted by: Sarah Long (Translation)
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 10.07.2008
• EAN: 9780719568473
• ISBN: 978-0-7195-6847-3
• No. of pages: 265
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 178 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Hodder Paperbacks; JOHN MURRAY
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies