法式誘惑 英文原版 La Seduction How the French Play the Game of Life Elaine Sciolino

基本信息

By (author) Elaine Sciolino

Format Paperback | 338 pages

Dimensions 137 x 213 x 28mm | 476g

Publication date 18 Jul 2012

Publisher St Martin's Press

Publication City/Country New York, United States

Language English

Illustrations note Halftones, black and white

ISBN10 1250007445

ISBN13 9781250007445

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內容簡介

從「誘惑」這面透鏡望去，所有對法國文化的刻版印象，

都將逐一轉變為理解這個國家何以能不斷讓世人心神盪漾的透徹洞見。

法國是一個講究誘惑的國家，她的優雅，她的美麗，她的感官之情、生活之樂，無不浸透着誘惑的因數。但誘惑對法國人而言絕非只是逢場作戲，它根本就是理解何謂法國的關鍵所在。雖然性愛的追逐與征服向來是誘惑力施展的核心領域，但對法國人而言，誘惑早已進一步成為民族生活哲學，甚至是一種意識形態。

誘惑是法國文化與生活中無處不在的底藴，涉及的不只是浪漫的情愛關係，法國人無論在職場應對、生意往來、享受美饌醇酒、定義風尚、進行學術辯論、選舉民意代表，甚至在全球權力角逐場中，時時刻刻無不努力上演誘惑的遊戲。法國人在日常生活中譜寫誘惑的魔力，形式變化萬千。唯有掌握「誘惑」這個幽微精髓，才能瞭解法國文化真正的核心底藴。

紐約時報資深駐法記者秀黎諾從內部觀察者的角度，細膩詳盡地解密法式誘惑的運作方式，分析這個國家的權力意涵與侷限所在。她以幽默風趣、充滿個人風格的筆法檢視法式文化及生活，出神入化地引領我們從巴黎街巷的庶民小店遊走到國家機器的華麗殿堂，復而從既宏偉秀麗的凡爾賽皇家花園，忽又置身農產富饒、鬱鬱葱葱的法蘭西鄉間，跨度含括政治、美饌、歷史、情慾，行文幽默機智，趣味與知識兼具。

值得所有享樂主義者細細品味的好書，理解當代法國文化與生活的指南。

France is a seductive country, seductive in its elegance, its beauty, its sensual pleasures, and its joie de vivre. Elaine Sciolino, the longtime Paris bureau chief of The New York Times, has discovered that seduction is much more. It is the key to understanding France and plays a crucial role not only in how the French fall in love, but also in how they conduct business, enjoy food and drink, define style, engage in intellectual debate, elect politicians, and project power around the world. In La Seduction, Sciolino gives us an inside view of how seduction works in all areas of French life, from the shops of Paris to the halls of government, from the gardens of Versailles to the agricultural heartland.

In a new preface written for the paperback edition, Sciolino shows how the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case has thrust France into a searching debate about the future of seduction and the culture of pleasure, which cuts to the heart of France's national identity. In this as in every other aspect of French life, Elaine Sciolino proves herself to be a charming, insightful, and--yes--seductive guide.

作者簡介

伊蓮．秀黎諾Elaine Sciolino

曾陸續擔任《紐約時報》外交事務首席特派記者、駐聯合國辦公室主任、駐巴黎辦事處主任，現為該報駐巴黎通訊記者。曾以《波斯迷鏡：今日伊朗撲朔迷離的面貌》（Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran）一書獲得多項出版獎殊榮，二○一○年又獲法國政府頒發榮譽軍團勛章。過去亦曾擔任《新聞週刊》海外特派員，先後於巴黎及羅馬服務。現與夫婿居住於巴黎。

ELAINE SCIOLINO is the author of the award-winning book Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran. She is a Paris correspondent and former Paris bureau chief for The New York Times, having previously served as the newspaper's chief diplomatic correspondent and UN bureau chief. She has also been a foreign correspondent for Newsweek, based in Paris and Rome. In 2010, she was decorated a chevalier of the Legion of Honor. She lives in Paris with her husband.