Published by New York, N.Y. : Grove Press, 1991, 1963, 1991
ISBN 10: 0802130135 ISBN 13: 9780802130136
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: USED_GOOD. No Jacket. 4th printing ; 307 pages ; 21 cm ; ISBN: 0802130135; 9780802130136 LCCN: 87-414 ; LC: PQ2613.E53; Dewey: 843/.912 ; OCLC: 15367009 ; Our Lady of the Flowers', which is often considered to be Genet's masterpiece, was written entirely in the solitude of a prison cell. the exceptional value of the work lies in its ambiguity. ; stiff pictorial color paper wrappers ; clipped corner on front endpaper ; slight knock ; G. Book.
Published by New York : Grove Press, 1954, 1954
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: USED_GOOD. No Jacket. 166 pages ; 20 cm ; LCCN: 53-7149 ; LC: PQ2613.E53; Dewey: 842.912 ; OCLC: 964425 ; stiff pictorial paper wrappers ; "The two plays collected in this volume represent Genet's first attempts to analyze the mores of a bourgeois society he had previously been content simply to vilify. In The Maids, two domestic workers, deeply resentful of their inferior social position, try to revenge themselves against society by destroying their employer. When their attempt to betray their mistress's lover to the police fails and they are in danger of being found out, they dream of murdering Madame, little aware of the true power behind their darkest fantasy. In Deathwatch, two convicts try to impress a third, who is on the verge of achieving legendary status in criminal circles. But neither realizes the lengths to which they will go to gain respect or that, in the end, nothing they can do-including murder-will get them what they are searching for." ; G. Book.