How to talk about books you haven't read / Pierre Bayard ; translated from the French by Jeffrey Mehlman.
Language: English Original language: French Publisher: London : Granta, 2008Description: xix, 185 p. ; 20 cm001: 42558ISBN: 9781847080561 (pbk.) :Uniform titles: Comment parler des livres que l'on n'a pas lus?. English Subject(s): Books and reading | Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc | Libraries and MuseumsDDC classification: 028 BAY LOC classification: PN45Summary: This is a book that will challenge everyone who's ever felt guilty about missing some of the 'great books' to consider what reading means, how we absorb books as part of ourselves, and how and why we spend so much time talking about what we have, or haven't, read.| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A mischievous and provocative book about reading and talking about books that we have - or haven't - read.
This translation originally published: New York: Bloomsbury, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references.
This is a book that will challenge everyone who's ever felt guilty about missing some of the 'great books' to consider what reading means, how we absorb books as part of ourselves, and how and why we spend so much time talking about what we have, or haven't, read.
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