La Seduction by Elaine Sciolino

La Seduction by Elaine Sciolino

France is a seductive country, seductive in its elegance, its beauty, its sensual pleasures, and its joie de vivre. Elaine Sciolino, the longtime Paris bureau chief of The New York Times, has discovered that seduction is much more. It is the key to understanding France and plays a crucial role not only in how the French fall in love, but also in how they conduct business, enjoy food and drink, define style, engage in intellectual debate, elect politicians, and project power around the world. In La Seduction, Sciolino gives us an inside view of how seduction works in all areas of French life, from the shops of Paris to the halls of government, from the gardens of Versailles to the agricultural heartland.
In a new preface written for the paperback edition, Sciolino shows how the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case has thrust France into a searching debate about the future of seduction and the culture of pleasure, which cuts to the heart of France's national identity. In this as in every other aspect of French life, Elaine Sciolino proves herself to be a charming, insightful, and--yes--seductive guide.

Sciolino, Elaine: - Elaine Sciolino is a writer for the New York Times in Paris and the author of La Seduction: How the French Play the Game of Life, Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran, and The Outlaw State: Saddam Hussein's Quest for Power and the Gulf Crisis. In 2010, she was decorated as a chevalier of the Legion of Honor for her special contribution to the friendship between France and the United States. She has worked for Newsweek in New York, Chicago, Paris, and Rome and has held a number of posts at the New York Times, including Paris bureau chief, United Nations bureau chief, Central Intelligence Agency correspondent, and chief diplomatic correspondent.

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ISBN 13	9780805091151
ISBN 10	0805091157
Title	La Seduction
Author	Elaine Sciolino
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Times Books
Year published	2011-06-15
Number of pages	352
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