Mourning Diary
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780374533113 (0374533113)
Publish date: March 13th 2012
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
20th Century,
Philosophy,
France,
French Literature,
Death,
Diary,
Journal
Barthes' mother died on October 25, 1977. Her son, Roland, being an invalid-type had been nursed and coddled by her most of his life, but in their years of his mother's illness adopted the role of nurse himself. Barthes' relationship with his mother was one of extreme intimacy: he lived with her his...