[Cet article est extrait de Courrier ados, proposé avec le numéro 1780-81-82 de Courrier international, en vente du 19 décembre 2024 au 8 janvier 2025]
NON “I’m tired of being judged”
Last year, in the British media The Independent, Oliver Keens signed a post entitled “I hate reading Books and I’m tired of being judged.”
This cultural journalist specifies several elements: on the one hand, he does not have any particular difficulties which would be linked to dyslexia, for example. On the other hand, he reads a lot… But mostly articles. “Books fall out of my hands – especially novels, which is a shame because otherwise I really like the dialogue, the characters, the plot, everything that makes a good book.”
However, he notes, society (this is valid on both sides of the Channel) particularly insists on the fact that reading is essential. “No doubt because of the impact of timeless bestsellers – like the Bible – the small literary world likes to spread this idea that books are sacred, that they are nothing less than an essential component of our humanity.”
No need to be ashamed
Likewise, there is an immediate association that deserves to be questioned: readers will be
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