Our Man in Paris : A Foreign Correspondent, France and the French

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lichfield, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

France--Social life and customs--21st century.

Lichfield, John--Homes and haunts--France--Paris.

National characteristics, French.

France.

Lichfield, John.

Local Subjects:

France--Social life and customs--21st century.

Lichfield, John--Homes and haunts--France--Paris.

National characteristics, French.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Other Title:

Our Man in Paris

Place of Publication:

Luton : Andrews UK, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since 1997 John Lichfield, The Independent's correspondent in France, has been sending dispatches back to the newspaper in London. More than transient news stories, the popular 'Our Man in Paris' series consists of essays on all things French. Sometimes serious, at other times light-hearted, they offer varied vignettes of life in the hexagone and trace the author's evolving relationship with his adopted country. Many of Lichfield's themes concern the mysteries of Paris and its people. Who ...

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Dedication; Introduction; Front Matter; Part One; Paris; An Urban Minefield; Paris In The Rain; Urban Theatre; A Gardienne Angel; The Parisian Paradox; A Visit To Oscar; Trouble In Store; Tourist Guide; A Cock-Fight; Fun-du-Siècle; The Parisian Paradox 2; The Hidden Gallery; Christmas In Paris; Guitar Solo; French Verbals - Regular And Irregular; Death Of A Good Samaritaine; In Search Of Seurat - And Air; A Pigeon Fancier; An Urban Rabbit Tail; Manhattan-Sur-Seine; Café Society; Death of the Garret Room; A Trou Story

A Brush With The PoliceNeighbour Wars; Ruder Than The French; A Star is Reborn; An Unscheduled Stop; A Hot Flush; Metro Rage; Café Society 2; One Of The Greatest; Making Paris Bigger; How Paris Really Works; Paris On Strike; A Meeting With George W; Eating Out; How I Became A Snob; Picasso Comes Home; Part Two; Normandy; Cold Comfort Ferme; Cold Comfort Ferme 2; Geronimo; Jour de Fête; Cold Comfort Ferme 3; Cold Comfort Ferme 4; Geronimo 2; Cold Comfort Ferme 5; A Mushroom Hunt; An Historic Moment; An English Country Garden; Rural History Lesson; Pas Dans Mon Backyard

April Is The Prettiest MonthThe Saint In The Hedge; Killers In The Forest; Pas Dans Mon Backyard 2; Rural History Lesson 2; Travels With Donkeys; A Country Home; Feel Good Facteur; My French Son; A Wife-Swap Shop; Lament For A Lost Landscape; Part Three; The Education System; Kiss From Teacher; A Rabbit For The Weekend; Toto The Snail Has Hay-Fever; My Son, The Author; A Police Call; Another Police Call; Saturday School; Sic Transit...; September - The Cruellest Month; Dictating The Future; Egalité, Fraternité, Hypocrisie; Do It Yourself; What A Kiss Can Do; Part Four; Food And Wine

Cuisine - Haute Or HaughtyFast Wine; Repas - Ready To Eat; Slow Burn Fast Food; School Meals, French Style; Mancunian Haute Cuisine; Beaune Of Contention; Part Five; Politics; On The Front Line; A Pont Too Far; Paranoia Politics; Letter From America; Stop, A Movement Has Started; Streets Of Name; Death Of A Cat; Chirac, The American; The Sarko Show; The Dreaded Banlieues; The 99th Département; Carla, The Cartoon; Bring Back Jacques; Jamais On A Sunday; Part Six; Living With Les Français And Others; The Town I Loved So Well; Les vacances de Monsieur L; The French - At Play And Work

My Wife's AffairThe Grand Tour; Enfants Terrible; Hero Of The Nation; French Friends; In The Swim; Ah, Les Anglais; De-Constructing The Maison Secondaire; Vous, Not Tu, You Brute; Rude? Nous?; Tu Or Vous 2; The French Way Of Christmas; French Letters; Driving Legally, Without A Licence; Tree Hugging; Conga Dancing For European Unity; Three Men On A Walk; Right Track? Or Left?; Armani Man; Armani Man 2; Crossing Borders; Painful Memories; A Miracle Play; French Letters 2; Rotten Weather; Far From Elementary; The Melting Of The Frozen North; Secret Society; Painful Memories 2

Sarko Invades Normandy

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781283695503

1283695502

9781908493576

1908493577

OCLC:

792688328