false 1143788 17 The runaway French bestseller hailed by the New York Times as "a survivor's guide to life in the chattering classes." If civilized people are expected to have read all important works of literature, and thousands more books are published every year, what are we supposed to do in those awkward social situations in which we're forced to talk about books we haven't read? In this delightfully witty, provocative book, a huge hit in France that has drawn attention from critics around the world, literature professor and psychoanalyst Pierre Bayard argues that it's actually more important to know a book's role in our collective library than its details. Using examples from such writers as Graham Greene, Oscar Wilde, Montaigne, and Umberto Eco, and even the movie Groundhog Day, he describes the many varieties of non-reading; and the horribly sticky social situations that might confront us, and then offers his advice on what to do. Practical, funny, and thought-provoking, "How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read" is in the end a love letter to books, offering a whole new perspective on how we read and absorb them. It's the book that readers everywhere will be talking about; and despite themselves, reading; this holiday season. 1609642 book 30 10 2007 How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read total:380|5:55|4:127|3:110|2:74|1:14| 380 1275 898 175 2 10 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Oct 19 08:47:17 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 29 19:00:23 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 11 false false Mon Mar 16 07:16:07 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 08:42:43 -0700 2009 How To Talk About Books You Haven't Read. If you take the trouble to consult the original French edition, you'll see all sorts of clever allusions to the intertextual tradition that has grown up in Continental Philos...more...]]> 0 3 false false Tue Oct 23 07:37:51 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 08:13:26 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 5 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 09:18:36 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 09:18:52 -0700 2008 How to Talk About Books You Haven't Re...more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jan 21 06:10:10 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 06:10:22 -0800 2008
Bayard defintes “books you haven’t read” broadly, including the obvious “books never opened”,...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 22 22:35:25 -0800 2007 Fri May 02 23:54:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 10 14:47:38 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 05 15:51:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 25 14:18:55 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 12 15:05:35 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 31 12:51:38 -0800 2008 Sat Apr 19 20:53:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 11:47:11 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 19:18:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 09 08:42:19 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 08:48:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jul 24 11:36:12 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 11:36:36 -0700 2009
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Wilde’s epigram precedes Bayard’s table of contents and sums up the style of the book that is to follow. Bolstered by dry wit and an impressive grasp of a range of literary critical thought, Bayard discusses re...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 17:38:41 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 12:48:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 20:49:34 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 08:29:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 07 09:53:29 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 09:53:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 04:44:33 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 11:08:32 -0700 2009 As a lifelong reader and bibliophile, I find the idea of talking about books I haven't read an anathema. That being said, Pierre Bayard has some very insightful things to say about reading in his book How To Talk About Books You Haven't Read. One important insight is that any act of reading a part...

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