Reclining against the mud-plastered wall, Gull Khanโs soft-natured wife Noor opened the copper lid of the samovar, blew a mouthful of air into its chimney, and after adding a pinch of salt in the tea, she dropped the lid back with a shrill clank. The steam that leapt out spread a milky smell across the…
From the Editor: Roland Barthes, in fullย Roland Gรฉrard Barthes, (born November 12, 1915,ย Cherbourg, Franceโdied March 25, 1980, Paris), French essayist and social and literary critic whose writings onย semiotics, the formal study of symbols and signs pioneered byย Ferdinand de Saussure, helped establish structuralism and theย New Criticismย as leadingย intellectual movements. Barthesโs literary style, which was always stimulating though…