
How to Talk about Books You Haven't Read
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Narrated by:
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Grover Gardner
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By:
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Pierre Bayard
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Witty.
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1) The author appears to believe that the only reason to read a book is to be able to say that you've read it. He goes on to explain that not only is it not necessary to actually read the book in order to make that claim, actually reading it before making that claim is a waste of time.
2) The writing is extremely academic; lots of "one can see" and "ibid" and "op cit". I suspect that part of this is due to the translation process from French to English. Perhaps another translator would have come up with a more listen-able book.
3) As described in the publisher's summary, he uses examples from film and literature to make his points. What the summary leaves off is: he EXCLUSIVELY uses these types of sources to support his point. He seems to have forgotten that these are all fictional, and so they don't really represent actual people discussing books they've never read. Someone else made up all their interactions; they're not real. They don't prove any points, they prove that in a fictional universe, where everything is created at the author's whim, these points have validity.
If it weren't for some interesting discussion about what it means to have read a book, it'd be zero stars. Also, since it's only about 4.5 hrs, it's over quickly.
At least it's short
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Cannot finish this book.
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I'm not sure what I expected given the title, but certainly not that. an easy skip, you're not missing anything.
Peak Irony
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