Bayard and Eco: How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

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Partner:: New York Public Library
Location:: New York Public Library
New York, NY
Event Date:: 11.17.07
Speakers:: Pierre Bayard,; Umberto Eco,; Paul Holdengr�ber
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Summary: Umberto Eco insists that he read Pierre Bayard's book, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read or at least skimmed it.

In the July 26th edition of L'Espresso Eco writes, "The most intriguing part of this pamphlet, less paradoxical than may first appear, is that we forget a high percentage of the books we actually read, in fact, we conjure a virtual image of sorts, not so much of what the book said, but of what it made us think about"

Bayard's seemingly paradoxical book makes the case for literary laziness. In How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, Bayard argues that the key to appreciating the classics is through a quick skim, not deep immersion; cover to cover isn't merely impractical, it's downright passe - New York Public Library

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Pierre Bayard

Pierre Bayard is a professor of French literature at the University of Paris VIII and a psychoanalyst. He is the author of Who Killed Roger Ackroyd? and many other books.

Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco teaches Semiotics and is the president of the Scuola Superiore di Studi Umanistici at the University of Bologna.

In 1980, Eco debuted as a novelist with The Name of the Rose, for which he received the Strega Award. He is also the author of History of Beauty. His new book is On Ugliness and Turning Back The Clock: Hot Wars and Media Populism.

Paul Holdengr�ber

Paul Holdengr�ber is the Director of LIVE from the NYPL.

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01.: Introduction

04 min 49 sec

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02.: Common Situation Speaking of Unread Books

05 min 53 sec

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03.: Praising Living Writers

02 min 54 sec

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04.: Too Many Books to Read

03 min 27 sec

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05.: Shame and Fraud

07 min 28 sec

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06.: How We Know Books Not Yet Read

05 min 04 sec

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07.: Book Taxonomy

08 min 16 sec

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08.: Popular Misquotations

08 min 03 sec

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09.: Inner Library

04 min 48 sec

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10.: Skimming

03 min 46 sec

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11.: Necessity of Abstinence

03 min 36 sec

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12.: To Use or Interpret Books

11 min 05 sec

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13.: Not Necessary to Read Everything

05 min 41 sec

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14.: Graham Greene Story

07 min 48 sec

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15.: Danger of Reading Too Much

05 min 08 sec

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16.: Encouraging Creative Practice

03 min 57 sec

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17.: Oppression of Cultural Literacy

02 min 21 sec

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18.: Q1: Books on Tape

02 min 17 sec

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19.: Q2: Methods of Skimming

04 min 45 sec

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20.: Q3: Obsolescence of Books

02 min 28 sec

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21.: Q4: Teaching of Creative Writing

02 min 07 sec

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22.: Q5: Learning from Book Reviews

04 min 11 sec

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23.: Q6: Harry Potter Books

03 min 29 sec

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24.: Q7: Love Letter to Reading

02 min 11 sec

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Umberto Eco on How School Helps Us Not to Read Books

02 min 42 sec

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Bayard and Eco: How to Be an Effective Reader of Books

05 min 13 sec

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Pierre Bayard Misquotes Oscar Wilde

05 min 23 sec

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