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New York Times Paris correspondent Elaine Sciolino presents La Seduction: How The French Play the Game of Life.

France is a seductive country, seductive in its elegance, its beauty, its sensual pleasures, and its joie de vivre. Elaine Sciolino presents La Seduction in which she shares her observation that seduction is much more than a game to the French: it is the key to understanding France.

About the author
Elaine Sciolino is the author of the award-winning book Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran. She is a Paris correspondent and former Paris bureau chief for The New York Times, having previously served as the newspaper’s chief diplomatic correspondent and UN bureau chief. In 2010, she was decorated a chevalier of the Legion of Honor. She has also been a foreign correspondent for Newsweek, based in Paris and Rome. She lives in Paris with her husband.

Read a reviw of La Seduction: How The French Play the Game of Life in The New York Times.