A Good Talk

A Good Talk is an analysis of and guide to that most exclusively human of all activities - conversation. Drawing on over forty years of experience in American letters, Menaker pinpoints the factors that drive and enliven every good conversation: the vagaries (and joys) of subtext; the deeper structure and meaning of conversational flow; the subliminal signals that guide our disclosures and confessions; and the countless other hurdles we must clear along the way. Moving beyond self-help musings and 'how to' advice, he has created a stylish, funny and surprising book: a celebration of 'the most excusively human of all activities'. In a time when conversation remains deeply important - for building relationships, for relaxing, even for figuring out who we are - and also increasingly imperiled (with Blackberries and texting increasingly in vogue), CAN WE TALK? is a refreshing celebration of the subtle adventures of a good conversation.

ISBN 0446559431   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9780446559430 (What's this?)   Pages 240 Publisher Little, Brown & Company   Weight (grammes) 250 Imprint Twelve   Height (mm) 208 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 138 Publication date 04 Feb 2010   Spine width (mm) 14 DEWEY 302.346   Academic level General

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Version	Price	Published	Edition
Paperback	£11.99	2011