Mourning Diary
A major discovery: The lost diary of a great mind—and an intimate, deeply moving study of grief
The day after his mother''s death in October 1977, the influential philosopher Roland Barthes began a diary of mourning. Taking notes on index cards as was his habit, he reflected on a new solitude, on the ebb and flow of sadness, and on modern society''s dismissal of grief. These 330 cards, published he...
A major discovery: The lost diary of a great mind—and an intimate, deeply moving study of grief
The day after his mother''s death in October 1977, the influential philosopher Roland Barthes began a diary of mourning. Taking notes on index cards as was his habit, he reflected on a new solitude, on the ebb and flow of sadness, and on modern society''s dismissal of grief. These 330 cards, published he...
