Our Lady of the Flowers - Couverture souple

Genet

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0802130135 ISBN 13 : 9780802130136

Editeur : Grove Press, 1994

Synopsis

Jean Genet's masterpiece, composed entirely in the solitude of his prison cell. With an introduction by Jean-Paul Sartre.

Jean Genet's first, and arguably greatest, novel was written while he was in prison. As Sartre recounts in his introduction, Genet penned this work on the brown paper which inmates were supposed to use to fold bags as a form of occupational therapy. The masterpiece he managed to produce under those difficult conditions is a lyrical portrait of the criminal underground of Paris and the thieves, murderers and pimps who occupied it. Genet approached this world through his protagonist, Divine, a male transvestite prostitute. In the world of Our Lady of the Flowers, moral conventions are turned on their head. Sinners are portrayed as saints and when evil is not celebrated outright, it is at least viewed with a benign indifference. Whether one finds Genet's work shocking or thrilling, the novel remains almost as revolutionary today as when it was first published in 1943 in a limited edition, thanks to the help of one its earliest admirers, Jean Cocteau.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sartre was born in Paris, France. He had a doctorate in philosophy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Grove Press
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0802130135
• ISBN 13: 9780802130136
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 307
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