The French Art of Living Well
Finding Joie de Vivre in the Everyday World
$31.62
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
8 April 2025
Summary
In the tradition of French Toast, 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?
In search of those ineffable qualities that make up the joy of living, this lively book takes readers on a voyage to France through forays into literature, history, and culture. How does art contribute to da…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781250778000 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 125077800X |
| Author: | Cathy Yandell |
| Publisher: | St Martin's Press |
| Imprint: | Saint Martin's Griffin,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 8 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 198g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 133mm x 209mm |
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Critics Review
“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
Cathy Yandell
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, 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.
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