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The Art of Conversation: A Guided Tour of a Neglected Pleasure
by Blyth, Catherine
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- ISBN 10
- 1592404979
- ISBN 13
- 9781592404971
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About This Item
UsedGood. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.
Synopsis
Read Catherine Blyth's posts on the Penguin Blog. A wide-ranging, exhortatory look at the pleasures of great conversation, including strategies for how to bring it about, from the witty pen of an Englishwoman wise in its ways In The Art of Conversation , Catherine Blyth eloquently points out the sorry state of disrepair that conversation has fallen into—and then, taking examples from history, literature, philosophy, anthropology, and popular culture, she gives us the tools to rebuild. Her prose embodies the conversational values she promotes: It’s smart, succinct, self-deprecating, and light on its feet. The Art of Conversation isn’t about etiquette, elocution, or knowing how to hold your teacup with your little finger crooked just so. It’s about something simple and profound: connecting. In our distracted days, it’s easy to forget that each of us possesses a communication technology that has been in research and development for thousands of years. Conversation costs nothing, but can bring you the world. Blyth offers us a chance to revel in the possibilities of conversation. As Alexander Pope nearly wrote, “True ease in talking comes from art, not chance, as those move easiest who have learned to dance.” Okay, Pope was actually talking about writing, but Catherine Blyth has that skill as well. When you have read The Art of Conversation , you’ll not only know the steps, but hear the music like never before.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Vase Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31UEZG0015BQ_ns
- Title
- The Art of Conversation: A Guided Tour of a Neglected Pleasure
- Author
- Blyth, Catherine
- Book Condition
- UsedGood
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1592404979
- ISBN 13
- 9781592404971
- Publisher
- Gotham Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 2009-12
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