Grim evening at Gabès (windy, black clouds, hideous bungalo… - Roland Barthes

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Grim evening at Gabès (windy, black clouds, hideous bungalows, “folklore” performance in the Hotel Chems bar): I can no longer take refuge in my thoughts: neither in Paris nor traveling. No escape.

Roland Barthes

Mourning Diary: October 26, 1977–September 15, 1979 · October 12, 2010 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Roland Barthes (November 12, 1915 – March 25, 1980) was a French literary critic, literary and social theorist, philosopher, and semiotician.

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Alternative Names: Roland Gérard Barthes

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