Pierre Bayard





Pierre Bayard

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born
January 01, 1954 in France

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Pierre Bayard (born 1954) is a French author, professor of literature and connoisseur of psychology.

Bayard's recent book Comment parler des livres que l'on n'a pas lus?, or "How to talk about books you haven't read", is a bestseller in France and has received much critical attention in English language press.

A few of his books present revisionist readings of famous fictional mysteries. Not only does he argue that the real murderer is not the one that the author presents to us, but in addition these works suggest that the author subconsciously knew who the real culprit is. His 2008 book L'Affaire du Chien des Baskerville was published in English as Sherlock Holmes was Wrong: Re-opening the Case of the Hound of the Baskervilles. His earlier b...more


Average rating: 3.40 · 1,127 ratings · 337 reviews · 16 distinct works
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Le plagiat par anticipation
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Comment parler des lieux où...
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Yonde Inai Hon Ni Tsuite Do...
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Comment améliorer les  œuv...
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Et Si Les œuvres Changeaien...
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“(in which, along with Montaigne, we raise the question of whether a book you have read and completely forgotten, and which you have even forgotten you have read, is still a book you have read)”
Pierre Bayard

“The title of the work, its place in the collective library, the nature of the person who tells us about it, the atmosphere established in the written or spoken exhange, among many other instances, offer alternatives to the book itself that allow us to talk about ourselves without dwelling upon the work too closely.”
Pierre Bayard, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

“Да си дадеш време да изучиш грижливо знаковите книги на другия, като в крайна сметка те станат и твои, това е може би условието за истинското разбирателство в областта на културата и за пълното съвпадение на вътрешните книги. [...] И може би една идеално споделена любов би дала достъп и до най-тайните текстове, върху които личността на другия е изградена.”
Pierre Bayard, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

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