Pascale Hugues is French and has lived in Berlin for many years. In "Deutschland à la française," she writes about everyday life, language, and the mentality in this country that feels both familiar and slightly foreign to her. She observes the small details and finds the larger significance within them. Curiously, she strolls through the streets and parks, listens to conversations, and explores the peculiarities on both sides of the Rhine. Everything is interesting, from the presidential palace to the garbage cellar, the strange word "Brustwarze," how people have dinner, how they answer the phone, how they strike, and at what point politicians are considered corrupt. She also examines clichés for their true essence. Are Germans really that orderly and the French so laid-back? Where does the German soul reveal itself? And when does the French esprit come to light? A clever, knowledgeable, and humorous book from the perspective of an author.