Bosiljka Brlečić Boeken

'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' Washington Post The 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'. Reviving the notion of the amorous subject beyond psychological or clinical enterprises, Barthes' A Lover's Discourse is a book for everyone who has ever been in love, or indeed, thought themselves to be immune to its power.

Sociologische en psychoanalytische studie over de moeder-dochterrelatie aan de hand van fictie in literatuur, film, theater en televisie.

Tells the story of a reclusive and dying Nobel laureate novelist who grants access to five journalists for interviews. What they find is far from the literary luminary they imagined

'Friday is the latest and one of the best examples of the French genius for revisionism-for ringing original vitiations on a traditional theme. It is also unique in that enterprise because it is so moving, so touching in its elegance, so simple in its art.' -Richard Howard