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    Al-khiyal is online now Super Moderator
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    How to talk about books you haven't read


    L'étude des différentes manières de ne pas lire un livre, des situations délicates où l'on se retrouve quand il faut en parler et des moyens à mettre en œuvre pour se sortir d'affaire montre que, contrairement aux idées reçues, il est tout à fait possible d'avoir un échange passionnant à propos d'un livre que l'on n'a pas lu, y compris, et peut-être surtout, avec quelqu'un qui ne l'a pas lu non plus.

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    In this disarmingly mischievous and provocative book, already a runaway bestseller in France, Pierre Bayard contends that in this age of infinite publication, the truly cultivated person is not the one who has read a book, but the one who understands the book's place in our culture. Drawing on examples from works by Graham Greene, Umberto Eco, Oscar Wilde, Montaigne (who couldn't remember books he himself had written), and many others, he examines the many kinds of 'non-reading' (forgotten books, unknown books, books discussed by others, books we've skimmed briefly) and the many potentially nightmarish situations in which we are called upon to discuss our reading with others (with our loved ones, with the book's author, etc.). At heart, 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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    interesting... "disarmingly mischievous" lol might want to read that someday

    i never remember what the title or author of that amazing book that i read, so whenever i discuss it, it sounds like: "um yeah, that book with that weird guy who thinks everyone is phony. wears a red hunting hat --- yeah, the one who was all about preserving innocence..."

    jk, i'll never forget that book... the catcher in the rye by jd salinger


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    Mardi 15 Avril 2008 -- Abdelaziz Bouteflika vient de s’adjoindre les services d’une jeune et brillante diplomée d’une prestigieuse école française. Attachée à la présidence, celle-ci est principalement chargée…de lui préparer des notes sur des ouvrages des grands auteurs classiques et des essais à la mode.

    Et pour le président, ces petites fiches cartonnées qui regorgent de citations historiques servent à nourrir ses conversations avec ses homologues et à garnir ses discours. De quoi apparaître en homme lettré qui sied à sa fonction. Ou comment gagner de la hauteur de vue, s’inspirer des leçons du passé, le tout grâce…à la lectrice miracle.

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