{"product_id":"a-lover-s-discourse-9780099437420","title":"A Lover's Discourse","description":"'A kind of mercurial elegy. . . Some extraordinary passion leaks through Barthes' lucid prose' Peter Ackroyd, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'May be the most detailed, painstaking anatomy of desire that we are ever likely to see or need again... An ecstatic celebration of love and language' \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe language we use when we are in love is not a language we speak. It is a language addressed to ourselves and to our imaginary beloved. It is a language of solitude, of mythology, of what Barthes calls an 'image repertoire'. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eReviving the notion of the amorous subject beyond psychological or clinical enterprises, Barthes' \u003ci\u003eA Lover's Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e is a book for everyone who has ever been in love, or indeed, thought themselves to be immune to its power.","brand":"Roland Barthes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43515612758077,"sku":null,"price":25.64,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780099437420.jpg?v=1787487140","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/a-lover-s-discourse-9780099437420","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}