--- product_id: 76061565 title: "A Lover's Discourse: Fragments" price: "₨216" currency: SCR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.sc/products/76061565-a-lovers-discourse-fragments store_origin: SC region: Seychelles --- # A Lover's Discourse: Fragments **Price:** ₨216 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** A Lover's Discourse: Fragments - **How much does it cost?** ₨216 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sc](https://www.desertcart.sc/products/76061565-a-lovers-discourse-fragments) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description ‘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. Review: "[...] my truth is to love absolutely [...]" - Barthes’ Lover’s Discourse explores the grammatical anatomy of the amorous mind. Borrowing from Nietzsche, Goethe, Freud, Stendhal, Sade and others, Barthes penetrates the heart and the head of the lover, studies the emotion behind the lover’s diction, his zeal and feverous intimacy. Barthes’ aphorismic poetry traverses the subtleties of experience that quivers inside the romantic agony of love. Beautiful as a Keatsian chord, painful as Beethoven’s delirious love and subtle as Chopin’s sadness, Barthes’ poetry of love, although sometimes painstakingly intense, slips into the spasm that trembles inside the heart of the mad lover and the pathos of desire. Barthes combines the sad reality of love, its psycholinguistic enigmas and the perpetual effort of the lover to bridge the incomprehensible gap in his love, to make the reader (if the reader has been a lover) relate, resurrect and revive the fatal identity of the lover that resides within him. Maybe you won’t shed your long lodged tears, but you surely will feel the dither in your eyes – the haunting reality of love, the rupture of desire and a hollow ghost wandering the broken lands of amorous drips. One read is not enough. Review: Heartbreakingly complex and simple; like love itself - Do not approach this as a 'book' to be read. Approach it rather like it is a heap of diary entries ripped up and strewn on the floor... And try piecing for yourself a discourse from these fragments. It is the reader who has to make the effort to weigh the words and assign significance to any fragment, and like love itself, it is all heartbreakingly complex and simple at the same time. A true gem. If you find the many literary allusions (lots of Werther in there) daunting, just do not care. Just read it. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #27,407 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #88 in Linguistics (Books) #436 in Family & Relationships #436 in Literary Theory, History & Criticism | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 194 Reviews | ## Images ![A Lover's Discourse: Fragments - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/8180Frjg3XL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "[...] my truth is to love absolutely [...]" *by A***S on 13 October 2021* Barthes’ Lover’s Discourse explores the grammatical anatomy of the amorous mind. Borrowing from Nietzsche, Goethe, Freud, Stendhal, Sade and others, Barthes penetrates the heart and the head of the lover, studies the emotion behind the lover’s diction, his zeal and feverous intimacy. Barthes’ aphorismic poetry traverses the subtleties of experience that quivers inside the romantic agony of love. Beautiful as a Keatsian chord, painful as Beethoven’s delirious love and subtle as Chopin’s sadness, Barthes’ poetry of love, although sometimes painstakingly intense, slips into the spasm that trembles inside the heart of the mad lover and the pathos of desire. Barthes combines the sad reality of love, its psycholinguistic enigmas and the perpetual effort of the lover to bridge the incomprehensible gap in his love, to make the reader (if the reader has been a lover) relate, resurrect and revive the fatal identity of the lover that resides within him. Maybe you won’t shed your long lodged tears, but you surely will feel the dither in your eyes – the haunting reality of love, the rupture of desire and a hollow ghost wandering the broken lands of amorous drips. One read is not enough. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Heartbreakingly complex and simple; like love itself *by N***T on 6 February 2015* Do not approach this as a 'book' to be read. Approach it rather like it is a heap of diary entries ripped up and strewn on the floor... And try piecing for yourself a discourse from these fragments. It is the reader who has to make the effort to weigh the words and assign significance to any fragment, and like love itself, it is all heartbreakingly complex and simple at the same time. A true gem. If you find the many literary allusions (lots of Werther in there) daunting, just do not care. Just read it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Suitable for readers of every temperament *by S***R on 18 July 2020* It's a remakable rendition of an ineffable voice that rests within. Indeed, it is perhaps one of the best works of Barthes. Enjoy reading :) ## Frequently Bought Together - A Lover's Discourse: Fragments - Mythologies: The Complete Edition, in a New Translation - Image-Music-Text --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sc/products/76061565-a-lovers-discourse-fragments](https://www.desertcart.sc/products/76061565-a-lovers-discourse-fragments) --- *Product available on Desertcart Seychelles* *Store origin: SC* *Last updated: 2026-10-19*