Actor and Martyr Jean-Paul Sarte     1952     640p     6 x 9 Saint Genet is Jean-Paul Sartre’s classic biography of Jean Genet—thief, convict, queer—a character of almost legendary proportions whose influence grows stronger with time. Saint Genet is at once a compelling psychological portrait, literary criticism, and one of Sartre’s most … Continue reading Saint Genet →

Jean Genet     1947     288p     5 x 8 The story of a dangerous man seduced by peril, Querelle deals in a startling way with the Dostoyevskian theme of murder as an act of total liberation. $3-10 Other works involving jean genet, fiction

Jean Genet     1943     272p     5 x 8 The novel tells the story of Divine, a drag queen who, when the novel opens, has died of tuberculosis and been canonised as a result. The narrator tells us that the stories he is telling are mainly to amuse himself whilst he … Continue reading Our Lady of the Flowers →

Jean Genet     1949     272p     5 x 8 The man Jean Cocteau dubbed France’s ‘Black Prince of Letters’ here reconstructs his early adult years — time he spent as a petty criminal and vagabond, traveling through Spain and Antwerp, occasionally border hopping across the rest of Europe, always one step … Continue reading The Thief’s Journal →

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