{"product_id":"9781433285660","title":"How to Talk about Books You Haven't Read","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this delightfully tongue-in-cheek book, a #3 best-seller in France, literature professor 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. Using examples from works by Graham Greene, Umberto Eco, and others (and even the movie \u003ci\u003eGroundhog Day\u003c\/i\u003e), Bayard examines the many kinds of \"non-reading\" (forgotten 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book urges everyone who's ever felt guilty about missing some of the great books to consider what reading means, how we absorb books as a part of ourselves, and why we spend so much time talking about what we have, or haven't, read.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47094536896752,"sku":"9781433285660","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781433285660_p0.jpg?v=1763752408","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781433285660","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}