Guests

Or, How to Survive Hospitality: The Classic Guidebook

Russell Lynes (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

96 Seiten

2009
HarperPerennial (Verlag)
978-0-06-170641-7 (ISBN)

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Examines various facets of topics pertaining to 'guests'. This title discusses the changing face of hospitality, from an older more formal time to the author's time, when a more informal culture prevails, with some attending confusion. It also discusses different types of hosts and hostesses including the bossy, and the shy.

This humorous and kind-hearted little tome examines various facets of topics pertaining to 'guests'. In the first chapter, Lynes discusses the changing face of hospitality, from an older more formal time (when the rules were clear) to his time, when (as today) a more informal culture prevails, with some attending confusion. The second chapter is an unforgettable taxonomy of various types of cocktail party 'bores' (from the Crashing Bore to the boring Fascinating Conversationalist.) The third section examines the perils of inviting guests for a weekend country visit. In the final chapter, different types of hosts and hostesses are discussed and dissected, including the bossy, the shy, and those wearing slogan-emblazoned barbecue aprons.

Russell Lynes (1910-1991) was an art historian, cultural critic, author, photographer, and managing editor of Harper's Magazine. His articles for Harper's and Life in 1949 made parsing American culture into highbrow, upper or lower middlebrow, and lowbrow a national pastime. He wrote many books, including Snobs and The Tastemakers.

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	135 x 203 mm
Gewicht	111 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
ISBN-10	0-06-170641-8 / 0061706418
ISBN-13	978-0-06-170641-7 / 9780061706417
Zustand	Neuware