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Author : Genevieve
Release : 1998-12-09
Genre : Foreign Language Study
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 279/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Merde! by : Genevieve
Download or read book Merde! written by Genevieve. This book was released on 1998-12-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the meaning of French slang expressions, idioms, epithets, and colloquialisms.
Author : Stephen Clarke
Release : 2008-12-01
Genre : Travel
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 466/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Year in the Merde by : Stephen Clarke
Download or read book A Year in the Merde written by Stephen Clarke. This book was released on 2008-12-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Year in the Merde is the almost-true account of the author's adventures as an expat in Paris. Based on his own experiences and with names changed to "avoid embarrassment, possible legal action-and to prevent the author's legs being broken by someone in a Yves Saint Laurent suit", the book is narrated by Paul West, a twenty-seven-year-old Brit who is brought to Paris by a French company to open a chain of British "tea rooms." He must manage of a group of lazy, grumbling French employees, maneuver around a treacherous Parisian boss, while lucking into a succession of lusty girlfriends (one of whom happens to be the boss's morally challenged daughter). He soon becomes immersed in the contradictions of French culture: the French are not all cheese-eating surrender monkeys, though they do eat a lot of smelly cheese, and they are still in shock at being stupid enough to sell Louisiana, thus losing the chance to make French the global language. The book will also tell you how to get the best out of the grumpiest Parisian waiter, how to survive a French business meeting, and how not to buy a house in the French countryside. The author originally wrote A Year in the Merde just for fun and self-published it in France in an English-language edition. Weeks later, it had become a word-of-mouth hit for expats and the French alike. With translation rights now sold in eleven countries and already a bestseller in the UK and France, Stephen Clarke is clearly a Bill Bryson (or a Peter Mayle...) for a whole new generation of readers who can never quite decide whether they love-or love to hate-the French.
Author : Genevieve
Release : 2015-02-16
Genre : Humor
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 589/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Merde! by : Genevieve
Download or read book Merde! written by Genevieve. This book was released on 2015-02-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn all the French slang, dirty words, and necessary tools of communication your teachers left out of their lesson plans with this essential survival guide to understanding everyday French. Deliciously saucy and full of wit Merde! is a practical guide for understanding French, as it really is spoken. This real-life resource is for anyone who remembers thumbing through English/French dictionaries for such words as "toilet paper" and "damn," as well as for the far more interesting, titillating terms that would never be used in polite conversation. But real French isn't spoken with the intent of being polite… With epithets for every occasion, a range of colorful idioms, and a wealth of come-ons and put-downs, this is the only language book you'll need to prepare for a trip to the city of lights.
Author : Stephen Clarke
Release : 2008-12-10
Genre : Travel
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 44X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis In the Merde for Love by : Stephen Clarke
Download or read book In the Merde for Love written by Stephen Clarke. This book was released on 2008-12-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest episode in Stephen Clarke's almost-true account of his adventures as an expat in France is just as winning as the first. This "anti-Mayle" will have readers chortling over their croissants and café au lait while Paul West struggles to solve the mysteries inherent in life in France. What is the best way to scare a gendarme? Is it really polite to sleep with your boss's mistress? And why are there no public health warnings on French nude beaches? Paul discovers how to judge a French vacationer by the rustiness of his bicycle; opens his English tearoom; and finally understands why Parisian waiters are so cranky. Just in time for spring in Paris, find out if Paul finds the perfect French mademoiselle or if it all ends in merde!
Author : Stephen Clarke
Release : 2012-03-20
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 569/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Dial M for Merde by : Stephen Clarke
Download or read book Dial M for Merde written by Stephen Clarke. This book was released on 2012-03-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This international bestseller from the author of A Year in the Merde “combines the gaffes of Bridget Jones with the boldness of James Bond” (Publishers Weekly). When the glorious oceanographer Gloria Monday convinces Paul West to travel to the swank beaches of southern France—where she’s investigating caviar-smuggling cartels—he assumes he’s about to have the time of his life. But for West, France has always been full of surprises underfoot, and this trip is no exception to the rule. He’s soon dragged into an undercover investigation that goes all the way to the top and leaves him feeling sometimes like James Bond, sometimes like Inspector Clouseau. Dial M for Merde is a comic caper that pokes fun at French society at every level, from pompous politicians to grumpy waitstaff.
