How to Talk about Books You Haven't Read

If Pierre Bayard was in charge of Goodreads, the three standard categories (Read, Currently Reading, Want to Read) would be entirely eliminated. Instead there would be: Books that are unknown to me (I don't know about them and am not aware of them); Books that I have skimmed; Books that I have heard......more

Most of the people who criticize this book are referring to the English translation How To Talk About Books You Haven't Read. If you take the trouble to consult the original French edition, you'll see all sorts of clever allusions to the intertextual tradition that has grown up in Continental Philos......more

În definitiv, cine e fraierul care a citit cu adevărat toate dialogurile lui Platon, toate tratatele lui Aristotel, toate piesele lui Shakespeare, toate cărţile lui Goethe, toate romanele lui Marquez, toate epigramele lui Păstorel? Despre cele mai multe cărți am auzit de la alţii (bunici, unchi, înv......more

Read it few years ago and it didn't impress me much. Although it had some intresting ideas.......more

This is one of four newish books I recently read mostly so I could finally get them off my queue list, all of which were actually pretty good but are mere wisps of manuscripts, none of them over 150 pages or so in length. This one is the surprisingly thoughtful How to Talk About Books You Haven't Re......more