{"product_id":"book-4532","title":"How to Talk about Books You Haven’t Read","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this delightfully tongue-in-cheek book, a #3 bestseller 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 \u003cem\u003eGroundhog Day\u003c\/em\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 Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49314234695984,"sku":"BD4532","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49314234761520,"sku":"ZE4532","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49314234794288,"sku":"ZM4532","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/199839-4532-Square.jpg?v=1733348224","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-4532","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}