{"product_id":"mourning-diary-october-26-1977-september-15-1979-paperback","title":"Mourning Diary: October 26, 1977 - September 15, 1979 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoland Barthes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Howard\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eRichard Howard\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and one of the Best Books of 2010 by \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMourning Diary\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoland 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 13, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755625742624,"sku":"9780374533113","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/517b7cbbdff4debf7b7b3e4be9f93f56.webp?v=1780063951","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mourning-diary-october-26-1977-september-15-1979-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}