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A review by schopenhauers_poodle
A Lover's Discourse: Fragments by Roland Barthes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.75
My favorite of Barthes' books.
It's written in his characteristically dense, winding, rather purple academic French prose that comes close to stream-of-consciousness poetry. (You'll probably never see any other writer use multiple colons in a single sentence, nesting clauses and ideas inside each other like a matryoshka doll). But don't let that put you off! The elaborate denseness is relieved and balanced by the novelty of the structure and form of the book. If you commit, there are some stunningly beautiful ideas and writing here to reward your intellectual endeavors.
Frankly, I feel guilty writing this review having only read it through, once. Like his other work, it feels necessary to read "A Lover's Discourse" multiple times to fully comprehend the richness of Barthes' ideas. A minor note: I was intrigued by his references to cruising and wish he had expounded more about the act of cruising and its relation to the lover's discourse.
One of the best books written about love. Read it.
It's written in his characteristically dense, winding, rather purple academic French prose that comes close to stream-of-consciousness poetry. (You'll probably never see any other writer use multiple colons in a single sentence, nesting clauses and ideas inside each other like a matryoshka doll). But don't let that put you off! The elaborate denseness is relieved and balanced by the novelty of the structure and form of the book. If you commit, there are some stunningly beautiful ideas and writing here to reward your intellectual endeavors.
Frankly, I feel guilty writing this review having only read it through, once. Like his other work, it feels necessary to read "A Lover's Discourse" multiple times to fully comprehend the richness of Barthes' ideas. A minor note: I was intrigued by his references to cruising and wish he had expounded more about the act of cruising and its relation to the lover's discourse.
One of the best books written about love. Read it.