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Mourning Diary (2009)

by Roland Barthes(Favorite Author)

3.99 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

080906233X (ISBN13: 9780809062331)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Hill and Wang

review 1: Roland Barthe's "Mourning Diary" was a record of the extent of pain that humans can experience, as well as the depth of emotion that comes with recovering from experiencing death of someone close. The main theme of the book was depression as Barthes records how he felt after his mother's passing. He is attracted by the desire to withdraw from every and drown in his suffering. And for a while, he does indulge this. His experiences with grief seem very real because this book was basically just Barthes recording his feelings, hence the name "Mourning Diary". When we, like he, experience great love, we must, at some point, let go of this love. The depth of caring felt during the person's life is perhaps mirrored in the depth of pain after they pass. However, once we overcome t... morehis pain we can indeed learn to love again.
review 2: This is one of those books that cannot be read at any emotional place. When you're happy and you read this, you think 'what an emotionally overwrought pansy of a Frenchman u are.' But to read it when ur sad, is to have Barthes verbalize your despair for you. He wrote this about the death of his mother but it could very well be about the loss of a lover, a child, anyone to whom there has been an absolute, desperate attachment. It is a stream of consciousness at times, repetitive at times, which is echoing truthfully what grief is. less

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