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A light without shadow generates an emotion without reserve. - Roland Barthes
" "A light without shadow generates an emotion without reserve.
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About Roland Barthes
Roland Barthes (November 12, 1915 – March 25, 1980) was a French literary critic, literary and social theorist, philosopher, and semiotician.
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Roland Gérard Barthes
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