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A Good Talk: The Story and Skill of Conversation

A Good Talk: The Story and Skill of Conversation

Menaker, Daniel

Paperback

General ReferenceGeneral Parenting

ISBN10: 0446540013
ISBN13: 9780446540018
Publisher: Twelve
Published: Jan 1 2011
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: English

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), A GOOD TALK is a refreshing celebration of the subtle adventures of a good conversation.

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