The Philosopher's DemiseThe Philosopher's Demise

A well-known American scholar of Descartes can read and translate French but has never learned to speak it. When he is invited to deliver a paper in Paris--in French--he begins a humorous and sometimes harrowing voyage on the rough seas of learning to speak a foreign language in late middle age. 5.5x8". Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.