书目

TheArtofConversation:Or,WhattoSay,andWhen

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.

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