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Our Lady of the Flowers ( Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs) is the debut novel of French writer Jean Genet, first published in 1943. The free-flowing, poetic novel is a largely autobiographical account of a man's journey through the Parisian underworld. The characters are drawn after their real-life counterparts, who are mostly homosexuals living on the ...
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6,405 ratings415 reviews. Jean Genet's seminal Our Lady Of The Flowers (1943) is generally considered to be his finest fictional work. The first draft was written while Genet was incarcerated in a French prison; when the manuscript was discovered and destroyed by officials, Genet, still a prisoner, immediately set about writing it again.
Aug 3, 2023 · The novel Our Lady of the Flowers was written by Jean Genet (1910–86) in 1942 at Fresnes prison but not published until 1944. Genet in this novel addresses three major themes: homosexuality, thievery, and murder, with a focus on the transgressive function of stealing and sexuality’s spiritual vocation. Just as he believes that God can….
Article History. Our Lady of the Flowers, novel by Jean Genet, published anonymously in a limited edition in 1943 as Notre-Dame-des-fleurs. The book was published under Genet’s name in 1944, and the definitive French edition was published in 1951. The author, who wrote the novel while he was in prison for burglary, was championed by many ...
Jan 12, 1994 · Our Lady of the Flowers. Paperback – January 12, 1994. 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 ...
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Jan 26, 2010 · Our Lady of the Flowers by Genet, Jean, 1910-1986. Publication date 1964 Topics Prisoners, Gay men, Transvestites Publisher [New York, Bantam Books] Collection
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Summary. The world portrayed in Jean Genet’s Our Lady of the Flowers is shocking and unsettling in many respects. Though he deals with characters who are pimps, transvestites, and petty ...