Querelle of Brest (Paperback)

M. Jean Genet

ISBN 10: 0571340814 / ISBN 13: 9780571340811

Published by Faber & Faber, London, 2019

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Paperback. Jean Genet, French playwright, novelist and poet, turned the experiences in his life amongst pimps, whores, thugs and other fellow social outcasts into a poetic literature, with an honesty and explicitness unprecedented at the time. Widely considered an outstanding and unique figure in French literature, Genet wrote five novels between 1942 and 1947, now being republished by Faber & Faber in beautiful new paperback editions.Querelle of Brest is widely considered to be Jean Genet's most accomplished novel, which was made into a film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder in 1982. Querelle, a young sailor at large in the port of Brest, is an object of illicit desire to his diary-keeping superior officer, Lieutenant Seblon. He is coveted, too, by corrupt policeman Mario. He gives himself freely both to brothel-keeper Madame Lysiane and to her husband. But Querelle is a thief and a murderer -- not a man to be trusted or trifled with . . . A beautiful new edition of Jean Genet's classic work -- part of a revitalising repackage of all of Genet's novels for 2019. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Querelle of Brest (Paperback)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571340814
• ISBN 13: 9780571340811
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A beautiful new edition of Jean Genet's classic work, which includes a new introduction by Jon Savage.
'One of the great writers of our times.' Sunday Telegraph
Querelle, a young sailor at large in the port of Brest, is an object of illicit desire to his diary-keeping superior officer, Lieutenant Seblon. He is coveted, too, by a corrupt policeman, Mario, and gives himself freely both to brothel-keeper Madame Lysiane and to her husband. But Querelle is a thief and a murderer - not a man to be trusted or trifled with.