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How to talk about places you've never been : on the importance of armchair travel / Pierre Bayard ;...

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How to talk about places you've never been : on the importance of armchair travel / Pierre Bayard ;...

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How to talk about places you've never been : on the importance of armchair travel / Pierre Bayard ; translated by Michele Hutchison.

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Full title

How to talk about places you've never been : on the importance of armchair travel / Pierre Bayard ; translated by Michele Hutchison.

Publisher

New York : Bloomsbury, 2016.

Uniform title

Comment parler des lieux où l'on n'a pas été? English.

Call Numbers

G 2016/229

Record Identifier

74VKzrBvz0JX

MMS ID

991023488509702626

Language

English

French

(Language of original)

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Physical Description

Physical content

xvi, 185 pages ; 21 cm.

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Prologue -- Various ways of not knowing -- Places you don't know -- Places you've been through -- Places others have talked about -- Places you've forgotten -- Talking about travel -- In the field of anthropology -- In the media -- In sporting endeavors -- In the bosom of the family -- Procedures to...

Publication information

Publisher

New York : Bloomsbury, 2016.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

2016.

Subjects

Subjects and topics

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"Written in the irreverent style that made How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read a critical and commercial success, Pierre Bayard takes readers on a trip around the world, giving us essential guidance on how to talk about all those fantastic places we've never been. Practical, funny, and thought-provoking, How to Talk About Places You've Never B...

Alternative Titles

Full title

How to talk about places you've never been : on the importance of armchair travel / Pierre Bayard ; translated by Michele Hutchison.

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Notes

Language note

Translated from French.

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2016/229

Record Identifier

74VKzrBvz0JX

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzrBvz0JX

Other Identifiers

ISBN

1620401371

9781620401378

DDC

809.9332

MMS ID

991023488509702626

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