How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
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How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read by Pierre Bayard
In this delightfully tongue-in-cheek book, a #3 bestseller in France, literature professor Bayard contends that, in this age of infinite publication, the truly cultivated person is not the one who has read a book but the one who understands the book's place in our culture. Using examples from works by Graham Greene, Umberto Eco, and others (and even the movie Groundhog Day), Bayard examines the many kinds of non-reading (forgotten books, books discussed by others, books we've skimmed briefly) and the many potentially nightmarish situations in which we are called upon to discuss our reading with others. The book urges everyone who's ever felt guilty about missing some of the great books to consider what reading means, how we absorb books as a part of ourselves, and why we spend so much time talking about what we have, or haven't, read.
Bayard, Pierre: - Pierre Bayard is a professor of French literature at the University of Paris VIII and a psychoanalyst. He is the author of Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?, and many other books.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781596914698 |
| ISBN 10 | 1596914696 |
| Title | How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read |
| Author | Pierre Bayard |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury USA |
| Year published | 2007-10-30 |
| Number of pages | 185 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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