Paperback, 832 pages
Published Jan. 1, 2004 by Vintage.
Genet
by Edmund White
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A meticulously researched biography of Jean Genet, one of France's most notorious writers. Acclaimed novelist and essayist Edmund White illuminates Genet's experiences in the worlds of crime, homosexuality, politics, and high culture, and gives a compelling analysis of Genet's plays, novels, and essays. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography.
Subjects
- Biography: general
- Literary studies: from c 1900 -
- Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -
- French
- Biography/Autobiography