Hanns-Josef Ortheil (born 1951) pays a special tribute to the significant French literary figure and cultural theorist Roland Barthes (1915-1980). He follows Roland Barthes on his wide and melancholic strolls through Parisian evenings, in search of happiness and the beauty of the night. Complemented by photographs from 2015 and the German translation of "Soirées de Paris" by Hans-Horst Henschen, this book is a unique document interpreting the Parisian urban space from the perspective of two authors.