Question

The first thing we love is a scene. For love at first sight requires the sign of its suddenness (what makes me irresponsible, subject to fatality, swept away, ravished): and all of the arrangement of objects, it is the scene which seems to be seen best for the first time: a curtain parts: what had not yet ever been seen is discovered in its entirety, and then devoured by the eyes: what is immediate stands for what is fulfilled: I am initiated: the scene consecrates the object I am going to love.This excerpt is from which book?

Answer 1

Answer: "A Lover's Discourse: Fragments," by Roland Barthes.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a book written by Ronald Barthes (1915-1980), published in 1977. Barthes was a French writer, literary theorist, philosopher and critic. In "A Lover's Discourse", he includes "fragments" - namely, the thoughts that he borrows from literature, as well as his own philosophical thoughts. These thoughts are all the thoughts of a lover, given from his point of view.