{"product_id":"9780374533113","title":"Mourning Diary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"In the sentence ‘She's no longer suffering,' to what, to whom does ‘she' refer? What does that present tense mean?\" —Roland Barthes, from his diary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe day after his mother's death in October 1977, Roland Barthes began a diary of mourning. For nearly two years, the legendary French theorist wrote about a solitude new to him; about the ebb and flow of sadness; about the slow pace of mourning, and life reclaimed through writing. Named a Top 10 Book of 2010 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and one of the Best Books of 2010 by \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMourning Diary\u003c\/i\u003e is a major discovery in Roland Barthes's work: a skeleton key to the themes he tackled throughout his life, as well as a unique study of grief—intimate, deeply moving, and universal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012890181872,"sku":"9780374533113","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780374533113_p0.jpg?v=1763690967","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780374533113","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}