Copyright, The French Art of Not Trying Too Hard

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Originally published in French as Facile: L’art français de réussir sans forcer by Éditions Michel Lafon, Neuilly-sur-Seine.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Names: Pourriol, Ollivier, 1971– author. | Stevenson, Helen (Translator) translator.

Title: The French art of not trying too hard / Ollivier Pourriol ; translated from the French by Helen Stevenson. Other titles: Facile. English

Description: [New York] : Penguin Books, [2020] | “Originally published in

French as Facile: L’art français de réussir sans forcer by Éditions Michel Lafon, Neuilly-sur-Seine”—Page facing title page. | Includes bibliographical references. |

Identifiers: LCCN 2020022658 (print) | LCCN 2020022659 (ebook) | ISBN 9780143135494 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780525507161 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Stress (Psychology) | Struggle. | Relaxation. | Philosophy, French.

Classification: LCC BF575.S75 P67513 2020 (print) | LCC BF575.S75 (ebook) | DDC 650.1—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020022658

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020022659

Cover design by Jim Tierney

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