La Vie Anglaise
by Tony Mayer translated by Christopher Sykes
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good-
- Seller
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Wamuran, Queensland, Australia
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In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe altered at checkout.
Last November there appeared in Paris a little book called La Vie Anglaise, by Tony Mayer, of the French Embassy here in London. What sort of book was it? You can easily imagine: a sketch of Britain and the British as observed by a witty Frenchman who, unlike his predecessors at the game, had lived among us for many years. And lived among us to good purpose, noticing everything: our weather (naturally), our food (even more naturally), our clothes, our drinks, our tobacco; how we are born, how we get married, how we fall ill, how we die; our education; our music, ballet, theatre, cinema, radio, "dancings"; our royal family; or parties; above all, our conversation. Nor had our sexual characteristics escaped him...
Tremendous fun, the whole thing - every bit as much when we say "What's the fellow talking about?" as when we say "Splendid!"
We can remember no other instance of such an immediate furore over here for a book published in another country and written in an alien tongue.
Last November there appeared in Paris a little book called La Vie Anglaise, by Tony Mayer, of the French Embassy here in London. What sort of book was it? You can easily imagine: a sketch of Britain and the British as observed by a witty Frenchman who, unlike his predecessors at the game, had lived among us for many years. And lived among us to good purpose, noticing everything: our weather (naturally), our food (even more naturally), our clothes, our drinks, our tobacco; how we are born, how we get married, how we fall ill, how we die; our education; our music, ballet, theatre, cinema, radio, "dancings"; our royal family; or parties; above all, our conversation. Nor had our sexual characteristics escaped him...
Tremendous fun, the whole thing - every bit as much when we say "What's the fellow talking about?" as when we say "Splendid!"
We can remember no other instance of such an immediate furore over here for a book published in another country and written in an alien tongue.
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- Bookseller
- DASHbooks (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- DASHbooks652
- Title
- La Vie Anglaise
- Author
- Tony Mayer translated by Christopher Sykes
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- tony mayer, translated by christopher sykes, la vie anglaise, paris, french, london, britain, humour novel,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Novel; Humour;
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