Description
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.
Info
ISBN: 9780374533113
Published Date: March 13, 2012
Publisher: Hill & Wang
Language: English
Page Count: 260
Size: 8.22" l x 5.57" w x 0.76" h
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Subject
Literary