{"product_id":"mourning-diary-october-26-1977-september-15-1979","title":"Mourning Diary: October 26, 1977 - September 15, 1979","description":"\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.","brand":"Richard Howard, Roland Barthes, Richard Howard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46350555087084,"sku":"9780374533113","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780374533113.jpg?v=1744186831","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/mourning-diary-october-26-1977-september-15-1979","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}