Better than life
By: Daniel Pennac ; translated by David Homel
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Coach House Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780889104990; 9780889104846
Subjects: Littérature; Lecture, Goût de la; Literature; Reading interests; Books and reading; Study and teaching; Étude et enseignement; Livres et lecture
Description: This magical volume begins by recalling the tender triangular relationship of a parent, a storybook and a child who loves to be read to. Years later, the enchanted child has become a reluctant teenaged reader. How, Pennac asks, does the love of reading begin? How is it lost? And how can it be regained - by everyone from children to adults?

Delving into his experiences as a parent, a writer and a teacher, Pennac uncovers new ways to restore the enchantment of reading and draws up a liberating Readers Bill of Rights, including the right to skip pages, the right to read anything, the right to not defend your tastes, and the right to escapism.
Notes: Translation of: Comme un roman.
Table of contents: title: The birth of an alchemist; title: The necessity of reading; title: The gift of reading; title: The reader's bill of rights.