{"product_id":"mourning-diary","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57520081863029,"sku":"9780374533113","price":19.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780374533113.jpg?v=1787581543","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/mourning-diary","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}