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A review by 3rdgenlibrarian
Mourning Diary by Roland Barthes
3.0
It's not that it's not good or that it's poorly written, but it it just his notes and thoughts after the death of his beloved mother. Sometimes the academic language he uses is hard to cipher.
My favorite use of the book was to see that others suffer as I am, and to use the spongy pages (recycled paper?) to write my own notes, agreements, personal additions. The Bic pen I used felt very good on this paper. I won't read it again, and I've marked it up, so what now?
Also could not get it out of my head that Roland would so very soon be dead himself, hit by a laundry van on the streets of Paris while walking home. That made the theme of loss all the more poignant and meaningless at the same time.
My favorite use of the book was to see that others suffer as I am, and to use the spongy pages (recycled paper?) to write my own notes, agreements, personal additions. The Bic pen I used felt very good on this paper. I won't read it again, and I've marked it up, so what now?
Also could not get it out of my head that Roland would so very soon be dead himself, hit by a laundry van on the streets of Paris while walking home. That made the theme of loss all the more poignant and meaningless at the same time.