The French Art of Living Well: Finding Joie de Vivre in the Everyday World
Cathy Yandell
(Author)
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Description
In the tradition of Bringing up Bebe and French Toast, Cathy Yandell's The French Art of Living Well is a delightful look at French culture, from literature to cuisine to humor and more, showing how the French have captured that magic elixir known as joie de vivre.
What is joie de vivre, and why is it a fundamentally French concept?
Product Details
Price
$27.00
$25.11
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Publish Date
May 23, 2023
Pages
224
Dimensions
5.64 X 8.47 X 0.88 inches | 0.42 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781250777980
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About the Author
Cathy Yandell is a professor at Carleton College, teaching courses in French Renaissance literature and culture, contemporary cultural and political issues in France, and the French language. Having published articles on writers from Louise Labé to Montaigne, she has also authored, edited, and co-edited several books including Carpe Corpus: Time and Gender in Early Modern France, Vieillir à la Renaissance, and Memory and Community in Sixteenth-Century France. In 2019, she was knighted by the French government into the Order of Academic Palms. When not buried in books, she loves dance, yoga, and flying trapeze. The French Art of Living Well is her first book for a general audience.
Reviews
"The book is not a typical memoir of an American in Paris...A largely witty and often highbrow look at the French exuberance for life." -Kirkus Reviews
"Yandell's personal accounts offer fun glimpses into French life, and her commentary on national character and culture is well observed. Francophiles, take note." --Publishers Weekly "A wonderful celebration of and guide to the many joys of life in contemporary France...Yandell provides first time visitors as well as dedicated Francophiles with a host of ideas for ways to deepen their understanding of this rich, complex and diverse culture." -Janet Hulstrand, author of Demystifying the French "[An] erudite book sprinkled with amusing and informative personal anecdotes...Yandell manages to capture the uncapturable by showing the multitude of ways the French find joy in a culture where even the simplest things are celebrated." -Harriet Welty Rochefort, bestselling author of French Toast and Joie de Vivre"This book is a delight, a high-spirited portrait of a culture that does indeed embody joy and possibility...Yandell knows France, having lived, studied, and taught there over the course of several decades...lives up to the joie de vivre of its subtitle." --Susan Cahill, author of Sacred Paris and The Streets of Paris
