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Selected Writings of Jean Genet »

Authors: Jean Genet, Edmund White (Editor), Edmund White
ISBN-13: 9780880014205, ISBN-10: 0880014202
Format: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: May 1995
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Jean Genet

Book Synopsis

Excerpts from the novels, plays, and poems of the French convict, prostitute, and literary artist join notes from his film, The Penal Colony, letters, essays, and a rare interview, all edited by a contemporary biographer.

	Introduction
I	Fiction
	Our Lady of the Flowers	3
	Miracle of the Rose	50
	Funeral Rites	109
	Querelle	157
	The Thief's Journal	214
II	Poetry
	The Fisherman of Suquet	269
III	Theater
	The Maids	279
	The Balcony	290
IV	Essay
	The Studio of Alberto Giacometti	309
V	Film
	The Penal Colony: Comments on the Cinema	333
VI	Memoir
	Prisoner of Love	339
VII	Letters
	To Sartre	439
	To Java	442
VIII	Interview
	An Interview with Madeleine Gobeil	447
	Note on the Translations	463