| Author: | Jean Genet | ISBN: | 9780802194244 |
| Publisher: | Grove Atlantic | Publication: | January 12, 1994 |
| Imprint: | Grove Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jean Genet |
| ISBN: | 9780802194244 |
| Publisher: | Grove Atlantic |
| Publication: | January 12, 1994 |
| Imprint: | Grove Press |
| Language: | English |
The shattering novel of underground life the New York Times called “a cry of rapture and horror . . . the purest lyrical genius.”
Jean Genet’s debut novel Our Lady of the Flowers, which is often considered to be his masterpiece, was written entirely in the solitude of a prison cell. A semi- autobiographical account of one man’s journey through the Paris demi-monde, dubbed “the epic of masturbation” by no less a figure than Jean-Paul Sartre, the novel’s exceptional value lies in its exquisite ambiguity.
The shattering novel of underground life the New York Times called “a cry of rapture and horror . . . the purest lyrical genius.”
Jean Genet’s debut novel Our Lady of the Flowers, which is often considered to be his masterpiece, was written entirely in the solitude of a prison cell. A semi- autobiographical account of one man’s journey through the Paris demi-monde, dubbed “the epic of masturbation” by no less a figure than Jean-Paul Sartre, the novel’s exceptional value lies in its exquisite ambiguity.
