Mourning Diary by Roland Barthes

Mourning Diary is a poignant collection of personal reflections by Roland Barthes, composed in the wake of his mother’s death. This trade paperback edition presents the original French text alongside an English translation.

• Format: Trade paperback, 280 pages
• Language: Bilingual French and English text
• Features: Unpublished journal entries from 1977–1979, offering intimate insights into grief and memory
• Collector value: First English-language edition published by Hill and Wang
• Condition: New, unread copy with clean pages and tight binding

A deeply personal work that continues to influence contemporary writing on loss.