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How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
by Pierre Bayard

How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
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Author: Pierre Bayard
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-30
ISBN: 1596914696
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

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Book Review: Absolutely splendid
Summary: 5 Stars

More than a practical guide, this is a meditation on reading impeccably translated by Jeffrey Mehlman. Drawing on sources from Gustave Flaubert and Oscar Wilde to Umberto Eco and David Lodge, the book is insightful, scholarly, shocking and profoundly convincing. This is a must for any bibliophile's holiday stocking and a source of great comfort for those of us who have never got through Proust. A magnificent tour de force.

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