Quote by: Roland Barthes

...what I enjoy in a narrative is not directly its content or even its structure, but rather the abrasions I impose upon the fine surface: I read on, I skip, I look up, I dip in again. Which has nothing to do with the deep laceration the text of bliss inflicts upon language itself, and not upon the simple temporality of its reading.


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Author Bio


  • NameRoland Barthes
  • DescriptionFrench philosopher, critic and literary theorist
  • BornNovember 12, 1915
  • DiedMarch 26, 1980
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionPhilosopher; Linguist; Literary Critic; Writer