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Mourning Diary: October 26, 1977 - September 15, 1979

Mourning Diary: October 26, 1977 - September 15, 1979 - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Roland Barthes, Richard Howard (Translator), Richard Howard (Afterword by)Publish date:2012-03-13Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Hill & WangISBN-13:9780374533113ISBN-10:374533113UPC:9780374533113Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Literary Figures, Diaries & Journals, Personal MemoirsSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCRNZEF57Y

"In the sentence 'She's no longer suffering, ' to what, to whom does 'she' refer? What does that present tense mean?" --Roland Barthes, from his diary

The day after his mother's death in October 1977, Roland Barthes began a diary of mourning. For nearly two years, the legendary French theorist wrote about a solitude new to him; about the ebb and flow of sadness; about the slow pace of mourning, and life reclaimed through writing. Named a Top 10 Book of 2010 by The New York Times and one of the Best Books of 2010 by Slate and The Times Literary Supplement, Mourning Diary is a major discovery in Roland Barthes's work: a skeleton key to the themes he tackled throughout his life, as well as a unique study of grief--intimate, deeply moving, and universal.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Hill & WangISBN-13:9780374533113ISBN-10:374533113UPC:9780374533113Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Literary Figures, Diaries & Journals, Personal MemoirsSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCRNZEF57Y

Roland Barthes was born in 1915. A French literary theorist, philosopher, and critic, he influenced the development of various schools of theory, including structuralism, semiotics, existentialism, social theory, Marxism, and post-structuralism. He died in 1980.


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