The Eiffel Tower and Other Mythologies Author:Roland Barthes In this appealing and luminous collection of essays, Roland Barthes examines the mundane and exposes hidden texts, causing the reader to look afresh at the famous landmark and symbol of Paris, and also at the Tour de France, the visit to Paris of Billy Graham, the flooding of the Seineand other shared events and aspects of everyday exper... more »ience.« less