Cultural Misunderstandings: The French-American Experience

"Full of colorful anecdotes…tells us a lot about the French but even more about ourselves."—Los Angeles Times

This is an intriguing and thoughtful analysis of the many ways French and Americans—and indeed any members of different cultures—can misinterpret each other, even when ostensibly speaking the same language.

Cultural misunderstandings, Raymonde Carroll points out, can arise even where we least expect them: in our closest relationships. With revealing vignettes and perceptive obs...