Books on Monday: How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
Pierre Bayard’s book sounds, at least from the title, like a cute gimmick, but it turns out to be a deep book, one that, if you read it quietly, will change your idea of what it means “to read a book” — and demonstrate the large roles played by imagination and oblivion in “remembering” what you’ve read. It’s fancy and it’s French, but it is as lucid and readily comprehensible as a Stop sign.
As in, “Stop worrying about all those books you haven’t read!” Â
