内容简介
Everydayweuseourmobilesandcomputerstocommunicate,butironicallywearelosingtouchwithface-to-facetalk.CatherineBlythrevealstheendlesspossibilitiesofconversationandshowsthatwhenitworksitcancomeclosetoheaven.?WithexamplesfromElizabethItoTommyCooper,courtesanstonomads,TheArtofConversationisfulloftipsonlistening,theperfecthandshake,talkingshopandsurvivingconversationalbores.Beitsharingajokewithastranger,sparkinganewideaorjustlettingoffsteamwithafriend,thereareinfiniteadventurestobehadifyoubreaktheiceandsayhello...
作者简介
CatherineBlythisawriterandeditor.ShespentseveralyearsatFourthEstate,workingonliteraryandcommercialfiction,andarangeofnon-fiction.SinceleavingFourthEstateshehaswrittenscriptsfortheBBCandChannel5,andcontributedtonationalpublicationsincludingtheDailyTelegraphandTheTimes.Herfirstbook,TheArtofConversation,ispublishedbyJohnMurrayandGotham(animprintofPenguinUS),andwillbetranslatedintofivelanguages.Sheiswritinghernextbook.