Touche: A Frenchwoman's Take on the English
A brilliant and vigorous observer of both French and British societies, which she knows intimately, 32-year-old Agnes Catherine Poirier has spent the last ten years explaining the peculiarities of... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0297852345
ISBN13:9780297852346
Release Date:October 2006
Publisher:Orion Publishing Group
Length:164 Pages
Weight:0.48 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.5" x 8.5"
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Francophile and Anglosaxon
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This book is amusing and insightful, from a French woman's angle looking into English world in an objective view. Having grown up in a former English dominated country and received 12 years of English education in Science and Mathematics, I got a chance to pursue my University education in France Grande Ecole system. I was touched by the author's candid opinion of both French and English temperament. Yes, they are different - one of the practical 'Fish and Chip' culture and the other the delicate fine 'cuisine'. One lacking of comparison by the author is in the area of Science and Mathematics. Coming from the English world, I had to unlearn many of my English teachings in order to adapt to French's "Cartesian" spirit. French are prone to abstractness à la Bourbaki but disconnected in practicality; English are good in applied but care less on its philosophical origins. They compliment each other. You can't have both good things in life - C'est la vie, n'est-ce pas ?
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