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In this mischievous book, a #3 bestseller in France that's racking up press coverage and rights sales around the world, 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
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"It may well be that too many books are published, but by good fortune, not all must be read…A survivor's guide to life in the chattering classes…evidently much in need."
New York Times
"Brilliant…A witty and useful piece of literary sociology, designed to bring lasting peace of mind to the scrupulous souls who grow anxious whenever the book-talk around them becomes too specific."
London Review of Books
"For those in the rising generation who still believe in art, Bayard's prescription should be read, mused over, laughed through, and surrendered to memory's fade."
National Review