The Rights of the Reader

by Daniel Pennac, Quentin Blake (Illustrator, Foreword)

Véritable hymne à la lecture, redécouvrez la liste des droits imprescriptibles du lecteur parue en 1992 dans "Comme un roman", spécialement réactualisée et enrichie par Daniel Pennac, et magnifiquement animée par Gérard Lo Monaco, l'ingénieux créateur des versions pop-up du "Petit Prince" et de "La belle lisse poire du prince de Motordu".1 - Le droit de ne pas lire2 - Le droit de sauter des pages3 - Le droit de ne pas finir un livre4 - Le droit de relire5 - Le droit de lire n'importe quoi6 - Le droit au bovarysme7 - Le droit de lire n'importe où8 - Le droit de grappiller9 - Le droit de lire à haute voix10 - Le droit de se taire

Unknown Binding

First published November 1, 2012

About the author

Daniel Pennac (real name Daniel Pennacchioni) is a French writer. He received the Prix Renaudot in 2007 for his essay Chagrin d'école.

After studying in Nice he became a teacher. He began to write for children and then wrote his book series "La Saga Malaussène", that tells the story of Benjamin Malaussène, a scapegoat, and his family in Belleville, Paris.

His writing style can be humorous and imaginative like in "La Saga Malaussène", but he has also written essays, such as "Comme un roman", a pedagogic essay."La Débauche", written jointly with Jacques Tardi, treats the topic of unemployment, revealing his social preoccupations.

Reviews

[Tanvi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eaaaaasily one of my top favourite reads this year. What a pure pure delight! Can’t not love Daniel’s brain, and Sarah’s translation. This was everything, and then some more 💛

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This short, interesting book is exactly what the title says: the rights of the reader. It’s for teachers and parents and all adults who feel like they have to instruct children and fellow adults on the right books and the right way to read. My librarian daughter received it as a gift and was sure her librarian mother would enjoy it as well. Illustrated by Quentin Blake with appealing pictures and translated from the French by Sarah Ardizzone, it was especially appealing at the end when the author gives ten ‘rights’ which starts with The Right Not to Read. I am torn deciding which right I agreed with the most and think it is
The Right Not to Finish a Book’!

[Nikolah Ibbetson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A funny book, looking at the reasons to read and how it is alright to read, how we are put of reading! So many different bits ring so true with how we are put off reading, told off for reading told off for not reading.