Francois Theodore Thistlethwaite's Frenglish Thoughts (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

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Vive la différence!

The product of his parents' ferociously antagonistic genes, François Théodore Thistlethwaite is a split-identity 'Frenglishman'. Any one of his three alter egos - François, the Marxist Frenchman, his ultra-conservative English brother, Thistlethwaite, or Théodore, their philosophical middle voice of reason - can be invested with possession of the whole to expound their views on some of those différences which cause English and French 'physically separated by just a narrow stretch of shallow brine to be mentally vast oceans apart'. This collection of seriously humorous essays is illustrated by a variety of amusing anecdotes drawn from the author's own experiences and observations during more than 40 years of survival in France, and contains a host of insightful reflections on the French and English, - especially in their everyday lives - some of which are controversial enough to shake the very foundations of the Entente Cordiale.