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185 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781847080264
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Granta Books
Publication date: 02 January 2009
Description
How and why do we spend so much time talking about forgotten books, books we’ve skimmed or books we’ve only heard about? In this mischievous and provocative book, Pierre Bayard contends that the truly cultivated person does not need to read books:...
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185 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781847080264
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Granta Books
Publication date: 02 January 2009
Description
How and why do we spend so much time talking about forgotten books, books we’ve skimmed or books we’ve only heard about? In this mischievous and provocative book, Pierre Bayard contends that the truly cultivated person does not need to read books:...