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Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes

byRoland Barthes, Richard Howard (Translator), Adam Phillips (Introducer)

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The only autobiography by the great Roland Barthes, philosopher, literary theorist and semiotician.

This is the autobiography of one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century. As idiosyncratic as its author, Barthes plays both commentator and subject to reveal his tastes, habits, passions and regrets. No event, relationship or thought is given priority over any other; no attempt to construct a narrative is made. And yet, via a series of vignettes, Barthes's life and views on a multitude of subjects emerge - from money and love to language and truth.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ADAM PHILLIPS

Highly original, extremely fertile and inventive, [Barthes] really does represent, in a peculiarly qualified way, a new kind of writing, and he continually discovers new ways of writing about writing... It is a remarkable book

Mark Kermode, New York Times Book Review

About Roland Barthes

Roland Barthes was born in 1915 and studied French literature and classics at the University of Paris. After teaching French at universities in Romania and Egypt, he joined the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, where he devoted himself to research in sociology and lexicology. He was a professor at the College de France until his death in 1980.
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  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • ISBN: 9781784876500
  • Length: 224 pages
  • Dimensions: 198mm x 15mm x 130mm
  • Weight: 185g
  • Price: £10.99
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