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How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read by Pierre Bayard is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

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In this delightfully witty, provocative book, literature professor and psychoanalyst Pierre Bayard argues that not having read a book need not be an impediment to having an interesting conversation about it. (In fact, he says, in certain situations reading the book is the worst thing you could do.) Using examples from such writers as Graham Greene, Oscar Wilde, Montaigne, and Umberto Eco, he describes the varieties of'non-reading'-from books that you've never heard of to books that you've read and forgotten-and offers advice on how to turn a sticky social situation into an occasion for creative brilliance. Practical, funny, and thought-provoking, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read-which became a favorite of readers everywhere in the hardcover edition-is in the end a love letter to books, offering a whole new perspective on how we read and absorb them.

Who reads How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read?

Author

Pierre Bayard

Publisher

New York, NY: Bloomsbury USA: Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781596917149

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Language Learning, History, Literary Criticism

Rating

3.35 / 5 (1,744 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14