<DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV><P>“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<BR><BR>The 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 <I>The New York Times</I> and one of the Best Books of 2010 by <I>Slate</I> and <I>The Times Literary Supplement</I>, <I>Mourning Diary</I> 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.<BR><BR><BR></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>