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Bastard, thief, prostitute, jailbird, Jean Genet was one of French literature's sacred monsters. in works from Our Lady of the Flowers to The Screens, he created a scandalous personal mythology while savaging the conventions of his society. His career was a series of calculated shocks marked by feuds, rootlessness, and the embrace of unpopular causes and outcast peoples. Now this most enigmatic of writers has found his ideal biographer in novelist Edmund White, whose eloquent and often poignant chronicle does justice to the unruly narrative of Genet's life even as it maps the various worlds in which he lived and the perverse landscape of his imagination.
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback, Corrected Edition. xliii, 820pp, index, chronology, notes, bw ills. Card covers. Minor creasing to spine, slight toning to page edges. 'An objective, dignified, non-sensationalised study of this strange, unloving creature, possibly a literary genius, certainly an original'. Biography and criticism of the great French novelist & playwright. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 012979
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Paperback. Condition: 1994. A very good copy. FROM THE AUTHOR OF A BOY'S OWN STORY AND THE FAREWELL SYMPHONY'A superb introduction to the great novelist and playwright, vagabond, thief and convict, and to the brutal childhood from which he mined his remarkable vision' J G Ballard, Books of the Year, Sunday TimesInterviewing lovers, friends, publishers and acquaintances, Edmund White draws from material, letters (a number published here for the first time) and other original sources to explore the perverse extremes of Jean Genet's life and writing. Separating the fact from the mythology which was fostered by Genet himself, White's portrait is a deftly painted celebration of French Literature's most modern rogue. {"length"=>["20"], "width"=>["13"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}. Seller Inventory # 16818101
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ISBN 13: 9780330306225
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This biography of Genet explores the perverse extremes of his life and writing, and separates the fact from the mythology which was fostered by Genet himself. Edmund White has interviewed lovers, friends, publishers and acquaintances, and has drawn from material, from letters (a number published here for the first time) and other original sources. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001327528
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Condition: Very Good. 8vo softcover 864pp very good. Index. Illustrated with b&w photo's. This biography of Genet explores the perverse extremes of his life and writing, and separates the fact from the mythology which was fostered by Genet himself. Edmund White has interviewed lovers, friends, publishers and acquaintances, and has drawn from material, from letters (a number published here for the first time) and other original sources. Seller Inventory # 44828