Promotional Information

Whatever you love, this book is an invitation to cherish the lightness and grace of existence; to taste fully the joy of being alive.

About the Author

Fran oise Heritier, an anthropologist, is Emeritus Professor at the College de France and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. She is the author of such highly successful works as Masculin/feminin and De la violence, translated into more than ten languages. Le Sel de la Vie (translated into English as The Sweetness of Life) is a French bestseller.

Reviews

A series of perceptions, sensations, eddies, and happiness of writing that gives a real intensity to the existence . . . a true wonder
*Laure Adler*