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The Grain of the Voice: Interviews 1962-1980 by Roland Barthes could not be a better introduction to his work of Roland Barthes. In these interviews, Barthes speaks about the development of his thought, explaining why and how he wrote his many books, paying tributes to philosophers, linguists, novelists, poets, painters and film-makers who have inspired him, as well as discussing how his life became dedicated to an exploration of semiotics. What comes across is the sheer gusto of a man who never stopped developing and changing, and the warm personal side of his rich and probing intelligence.

Translated by Linda Coverdale