Roland Barthes' 'Camera Lucida'.
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Alain de Botton
Writer and philosopher; founder of The School of Life
Switzerland / United Kingdom
Arts and letters
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Norman Mailer, Geoff Dyer and Roland Barthes. I'm interested in writing that takes in the great questions. I'm curious as to whether you can be profound in the course of reporting the incidents of everyday life.
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