Ci sono molti francesi che non sono snob, intolleranti, aggressivi, fedifraghi o incredibilmente sexy... loro sono l'eccezione che conferma la regola! Una regola che dice che nessuno di loro sa stare un solo giorno senza mangiare formaggio (francese ovviamente). Un libro perfetto per i francofili e per i francofobi e che - si spera - non leggano i francofoni.
Paul West Serie
Questa serie segue le avventure di Paul West, un tipico britannico che si muove tra il fascino e il caos della vita francese. Attraverso argute osservazioni e divertenti disavventure, la narrazione esplora lo scontro tra culture, le tribolazioni dell'espatrio e le assurdità quotidiane che rendono la vita interessante. È un delizioso mix di diario di viaggio, commedia e acuto commento sulle differenze culturali e le debolezze umane.
Ordine di lettura consigliato
Pierwsza książka Stephena Clarke’a, Merde! Rok w Paryżu, błyskawicznie stała się bestsellerem na całym świecie, również w Polsce osiągając ogromny sukces. Teraz do rąk polskich czytelników trafia druga część przygód Brytyjczyka we Francji. Jaka jest najlepsza metoda, by przestraszyć żandarma? Dlaczego Francuzi wpisują choroby przenoszone drogą płciową do swoich CV? Dlaczego na publicznych plażach nudystów nie istnieją znaki ostrzegawcze przed kłopotami, na jakie narażony jest plażowicz? I jak poradzić sobie z plagą cukinii? Na te i inne pytania odpowiedzi szuka Paul West, wciąż zmagający się z fundamentalnymi problemami, na jakie skazany jest cudzoziemiec w obcym kraju. Książka Stephena Clarke'a to niezwykle zabawna powieść przygodowa, a zarazem doskonały przewodnik po współczesnej Francji. Tym razem Paul postanawia rozkręcić w Paryżu własny biznes. W wolnych chwilach poszukuje dla siebie idealnej francuskiej mademoiselle. Czy znajdzie wymarzoną l’amour éternel, czy też jego starania okażą się... merde warte?
Paul West is in deep financial merde. His only way out of debt is to accept a decidedly dodgy job that involves him touring America in a Mini, while pretending to be typically British. Also in the car is Paul's French girlfriend, Alexa, and his American poet friend, Jake, whose main aim in life is to sleep with a woman from every country in the world. Preferably in the back of Paul's Mini. But as the little car battles from New York to Miami, and then heads west, leg-room turns out to be the least of Paul's troubles. His work is being sabotaged, his tour plans are in tatters, and his love life becomes a Franco-American war zone. And as Paul knows better than anyone, when you mix love and war - merde happens ...
Dial M for Merde
- 317pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
Englishman Paul West has just received an offer he can't refuse: two weeks in the sun, all expenses paid, with a beautiful blonde called Gloria Monday. M, as Gloria likes to be known, is down south to report on caviar trafficking but it soon becomes obvious that she's interested in something a lot more fishy than caviar.
Englishman Paul West is living the Parisian dream, and doing his best not to annoy the French. But recently things have been going trés wrong:He's stuck in an apartment so small that he has to cut his baguettes in two to fit them in the kitchen.His research into authentic French cuisine is about to cause a national strike - and it could be all his fault.His Parisian business partner is determined to close their tea-room. And thinks that sexually harrassing his female employees is a basic human right.And Paul's gorgeous ex-girlfriend seems to be stalking him.Threatened with eviction, unemployment and bankrupcy, Paul realises that his personal merde factor is about to hit the fan...
Merde in Europe
- 352pagine
- 13 ore di lettura
One Brit in Brussels. Two French Women. And a whole lot of merde. The hilarious new novel from Stephen Clarke, bestselling author of A Year in the Merde and A Thousand Years of Annoying the French. Does Brussels really want to outlaw bingo, bagpipes and smoky bacon crisps? Are eurocrats trying to rename the English Channel? And can the ink in euro notes really make men impotent? No. Well, not exactly. But it is true that the EU is a seriously flawed institution. And it's about to become even more so as Englishman Paul West goes to Brussels to work for a French MEP, and gets an insider's view of what really goes on in the massive madhouse that is the EU Parliament. As Britain prepares to vote whether it stays in or exits the EU, Paul gets the chance to influence the result of the referendum. He has to decide: better the devil you know? Or bring on the Brexit? It's a decision that could cost him a lot more than his euro paypacket . . .