Pierre Bayard

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January 01, 1954

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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 ...more

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avg rating: 3.41 | 490 ratings | 196 reviews | 20 distinct works

	How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read by Pierre Bayard avg rating 3.35 — 344 ratings — published 2007 17 editions	my rating:
	Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?: The Mystery Behind the Agatha Christie Mystery by Pierre Bayard avg rating 3.77 — 64 ratings — published 1998 6 editions	my rating:
	Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong: Reopening the Case of the Hound of the Baskervilles by Pierre Bayard avg rating 3.30 — 33 ratings — published 2008 4 editions	my rating:
	Enquête sur Hamlet : Le Dialogue des sourds by Pierre Bayard avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 2002	my rating:
	Le plagiat par anticipation by Pierre Bayard avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 2009	my rating:
	Comment améliorer les oeuvres ratées by Pierre Bayard avg rating 2.00 — 1 rating — published 2000	my rating:
	How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read by Pierre Bayard, Francine Prose (Foreword), Jeffrey Mehlman (Translator) avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2007	my rating:
	Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong by Pierre Bayard, John Lee (Read by) avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009	my rating:
	Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong by Pierre Bayard, John Lee avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2008	my rating:
	Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong by Pierre Bayard, John Lee avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2008	my rating:

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quotes by 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)

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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