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Pierre Bayard

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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

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Average rating: 3.40 · 1,127 ratings · 337 reviews · 16 distinct works

	How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read by Pierre Bayard, Jeffrey Mehlman (Translator) 3.35 avg rating — 842 ratings — published 2007 — 32 editions	My rating:
	Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?: The Mystery Behind the Agatha Christie Mystery by Pierre Bayard, Carol Cosman (Translator) 3.76 avg rating — 146 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong: Reopening the Case of the Hound of the Baskervilles 3.30 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2008 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Hamlet Üzerine Soruşturma: Sağırlar Diyalogu by Pierre Bayard, Muna Cedden (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Miten puhua kirjoista joita ei ole lukenut 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings	My rating:
	Le plagiat par anticipation 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Comment parler des lieux où l'on n'a pas été? 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	My rating:
	Yonde Inai Hon Ni Tsuite Dōdō To Kataru Hōhō by Pierre Bayard, 大浦康介 (翻訳) 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008	My rating:
	Comment améliorer les œuvres ratées 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	Et Si Les œuvres Changeaient D'auteur? 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	My rating:

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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)”
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“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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“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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