Welcome to the Bordeaux Book Fair, and a little display called ""X-Times People Chair" by German artist Angie Hiesl. In other words, the woman is sitting there intentionally. Not sure how long she sat there, or if she's still sitting there today, or how this promotes books in any way.
Actually Ms. Hiesl's installation is not only for this fair but is a traveling work, and this woman WAS at one point reading...