Genet, Jean 1910-1986

Our Lady of the Flowers by Jean Genet ( Book )
163 editions published between 1943 and 2011 in 10 languages and held by 2,568 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Novel by Jean Genet, written while he was in prison for burglary and published in 1944 in French as Notre-Dame des fleurs. The novel and the author were championed by many contemporary writers, including Jean-Paul Sartre and Jean Cocteau, who helped engineer a pardon for Genet. A wildly imaginative fantasy of the Parisian underworld, the novel tells the story of Divine, a male prostitute who consorts with thieves, pimps, murderers, and other criminals and who has many sexual adventures. Written in lyrical, dreamlike prose, the novel affirms a new moral order, one in which criminals are saints, evil is glorified, and conventional taboos are freely violated." --THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LITERATURE

The blacks : a clown show by Jean Genet ( Book )
60 editions published between 1957 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 2,319 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An English translation of Genet's symbolic drama which was first performed in Paris in 1959

Miracle of the rose by Jean Genet ( Book )
88 editions published between 1945 and 2011 in 10 languages and held by 1,826 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This nightmarish account of prison life during the German occupation of France is dominated by the figure of the condemned murderer Harcamone, who takes root and bears unearthly blooms in the ecstatic and brooding imagination of his fellow prisoner Genet

The balcony by Jean Genet ( Book )
51 editions published between 1957 and 2009 in English and held by 1,476 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The clients of a French brothel act out their fantasies while a revolution rages in the city

Funeral rites by Jean Genet ( Book )
17 editions published between 1969 and 1994 in English and held by 1,233 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Een jonge Franse homoseksueel collaboreert tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog met de Duitse bezetters. Wanneer de Geallieerden oprukken naar Parijs raakt hij in paniek

Le balcon by Jean Genet ( Book )
100 editions published between 1956 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 1,151 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Le balcon est un bordel de luxe où plusieurs personnages viennent assouvir leurs fantasmes, sadomasochistes en apparence, mais philosophiques en réalité. Sous la comédie érotique, se cache une réflexion sur la mort

The screens : a play in seventeen scenes by Jean Genet ( Book )
6 editions published between 1962 and 1987 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,046 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The balcony (Le balcon) a play in nine scenes by Jean Genet ( Book )
13 editions published between 1957 and 1970 in English and held by 1,016 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set in a brothel in the midst of a revolution, the Chief of Police enlists the regular customers to play out the fantasy roles that destiny has denied them

The thief's journal by Jean Genet ( Book )
174 editions published between 1949 and 2010 in 15 languages and held by 930 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Je nomme violence une audace au repos.amoureuse des périls. On la distingue dan un regard, une démarche, un sourire, et c'est en vous qu'elle produit les remous. Elle vous démonte. Cette violence est un calme qui vous agite. On dit quelquefois "Un gars qui a de la gueule". Les traits délicats de Pilorge étaient d'une violence extrême. Leur délicatesse surtout était leur violence

The maids ; and, Death watch : two plays by Jean Genet ( Book )
15 editions published between 1954 and 1989 in English and held by 848 WorldCat member libraries worldwide