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How to Talk about Books You Haven't Read

Hardcover • 2008 • English

How to Talk about Books You Haven't Read

By Pierre Bayard

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About the book

In this mischievous and provocative book, a bestseller in France, Pierre 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. Drawing on examples from works by Graham Greene, Oscar Wilde and many others, he examines the many kinds of 'non-reading' (forgotten books, unknown books, books we've skimmed briefly) and the potentially nightmarish situations in which we are c...Show more

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ISBN

9781862079861

Publisher

Granta Books

Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

How to Talk about Books You Haven't Read

Format

Hardcover

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