Julie Barlow’s “The Best Books for Understanding the French”
See Julie’s recommended reads on France on the new site Shepherd’s Discover the Best Books site: “The Best books for understanding the French.”
See Julie’s recommended reads on France on the new site Shepherd’s Discover the Best Books site: “The Best books for understanding the French.”
On his special Bastile Day show Rick Steves asks us about how the French reacted to our translation of The Bonjour Effect, what they thought …
Louis Cornellier a écrit dans Le Devoir cette fin de semaine une très belle critique d’Ainsi parlent les Français: “Le sujet est en or — …
La revue Avenues a bien aimé Ainsi parlent les Français. Ils ont sans doute un biais favorable, Jean-Benoit étant un de leurs chroniqueurs…
Julie was interview for this BBC story exploring how the concept of “excitement” doesn’t translate into French. “Verbally, ‘I’m so excited’ is sort of a …
Julie was interviewed for an article in France-Amérique’s web magazine about the French waiter who was fired from his job in a Vancouver restaurant for …
Why are the French rude? Paris expat site The Local interviewed Julie and Jean-Benoît about this persistent, mistaken perception of the French. Read The French are not rude, …
Winesworld Magazine says “Francophiles, and every would-be tourist will be well served by the detail of the Bonjour Effect.” Read interview here.
France Today magazine says The Bonjour Effect is The Bonjour Effect is “a hugely engaging read, whether you speak French or not, and is surely a must-have for …