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Laurent Binet is a French writer born on July 19, 1972. His works are known for their unique narrative style and profound reflections on history.

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“If Barthes, along with Bachelard, is one of those who have done most to enrich criticism during the last thirty years, it is not as a theoretician of a still hazy semiology, but as the champion of a new pleasure in reading.”

Reading Pleasure Barthes Bachelard

Book:The Seventh Function of Language

Source: The Seventh Function of Language

“He downs the contents of his glass in a single gulp and, looking at Simon, adds: “This is as amusing as a novel.”

Novel

Book:The Seventh Function of Language

Source: The Seventh Function of Language

“He liked cock, this intellectual!”

Intellectual Cock

Book:The Seventh Function of Language

Source: The Seventh Function of Language

“The homosexuals are the new Jesuits.”

Homosexuals Jesuits

Book:The 7th Function of Language

Source: The 7th Function of Language

“Eco listens with interest to the story of a lost manuscript for which people are being killed. He sees a man walk past holding a bouquet of roses. His mind wanders for a second, and a vision of a poisoned monk flashes through it.”

Poison Monk Eco Lost Manuscript

Book:La Septième Fonction du langage

Source: La Septième Fonction du langage

“There are some who went off in search of unicorns, but found only rhinoceros.”

Rhinoceros Unicorns

Book:The Seventh Function of Language

Source: The Seventh Function of Language

“Op dat niveau van politieke dwaasheid wordt verraad bijna een kunst. “A ce degré de bêtise politique, la trahison devient presque une œuvre d'art.”

Politique Trahison Verraad

Book:HHhH

Source: HHhH

“With Barthes, signs no longer need to be signals: they have become clues. A seismic shift. They’re everywhere. From now on, semiology is ready to conquer the world.”

Language Seismic

Book:The Seventh Function of Language

Source: The Seventh Function of Language

“De wereld heeft lak aan uw lot.”

Lot Wereld

Book:HHhH

Source: HHhH

“I’m fighting a losing battle. I can’t tell this story the way it should be told. This whole hotchpotch of characters, events, dates, and the infinite branching of cause and effect - and these people, these real people who actually existed. I’m barely able to mention a tiny fragment of their lives, their actions, their thoughts. I keep banging my head against the wall of history. And I look up and see, growing all over it - ever higher and denser, like a creeping ivy - the unmappable pattern of causality ... How many forgotten heroes sleep in history's great cemetery?”

People Stories Reality Fiction History Respect Lives Causality Web Interconnectivity

Book:HHhH

Source: HHhH

“Een druppeltje stilering in een oceaan van realiteit.”

Reality

Book:HHhH

Source: HHhH

“The good thing about writing a true story is that you don't have to worry about giving an impression of realism.”

Giving Writing Stories Worry Good Things Impression Realism True Story

Book:HHhH: A Novel

Source: HHhH: A Novel

About the Author

Born: July 19, 1972
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 12

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