Flirting with French
How a Language Charmed Me, Seduced Me & Nearly Broke My Heart
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2014.
Format: Book
Edition: First Edition.
Description: xiv, 266 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
William Alexander is more than a Francophile. He wants to be French. There's one small obstacle though: he doesn't speak la langue française. In Flirting with French, Alexander sets out to conquer the language he loves. But will it love him back?
Contents:
La France, mon amour -- Stiff job -- First-person shooter -- William the Tourist meets William the Conqueror -- A room with a veau -- Your French is killing me -- The event -- It's complicated -- A rooster in the henhouse -- Die hard -- Ministry of silly talks -- Le social network -- Making Fanny -- Et tu, Brute? -- Baby Jesus in velvet shorts -- French and the middle-aged mind -- Glazed and confused -- Fruit flies when you're having fun -- Bah, ouais! -- Botte Camp -- Cherchez la femme -- Eyes wide shut -- This is your brain. This is your brain on French. -- Lagniappe.
Subjects:
French language -- Conversation and phrase books -- English.
French language -- France -- Readers.
French language -- Texbooks for foreign speakers -- English.
France -- Civilization -- Problems, exercises, etc.
French language -- Conversation and phrase books -- English.
French language -- France -- Readers.
French language -- Texbooks for foreign speakers -- English.
France -- Civilization -- Problems, exercises, etc.
ISBN:
9781616200206 (pbk.)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LANGUAGE French Ale | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-264).
Text in English and French.
Text in English and French.