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The Thief's Journal ( Journal du voleur, published in 1949) is a novel by Jean Genet. Although autobiographical to some degree, Genet’s exploitation of poetic language results in an ambiguity throughout the text.
- Jean Genet
- France
- 1949
- Journal du voleur
The Thief's Journal. Jean Genet, Bernard Frechtman (Translator), Jean-Paul Sartre (Foreward) 3.95. 4,547 ratings367 reviews. The Thief's Journal is perhaps Jean Genet's most authentically autobiographical novel, personifying his quest for spiritual glory through the pursuit of evil.
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Feb 2, 1994 · by Jean Genet (Author), Bernard Frechtman (Translator) 4.3 195 ratings. Part of: Genet, Jean (4 books) See all formats and editions. The Thief's Journal is perhaps Jean Genet's most authentically autobiographical novel, personifying his quest for spiritual glory through the pursuit of evil.
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Aug 13, 2018 · August 13, 2018. Arts & Culture. In the first stirring lines of The Thief’s Journal, Jean Genet bares his youthful aspirations, his doctrine as a poet, and his tenets as a man. He offers a single sentence—“Convicts’ garb is striped pink and white”—then embarks on a paragraph of Proustian proportions, where straightaway the reader is ...
The Thief’s Journal. With a New Introduction by Patti Smith. by Jean Genet Translated from French by Bernard Frechtman Foreword by Jean-Paul Sartre. “One of the strongest and most vital accounts of a life ever set down on paper. . . . Genet has dramatized the story of his own life with a power and vision which take the breath away.
Jean Genet. Grove/Atlantic, Inc., Feb 2, 1994 - Fiction - 272 pages. “The mist beautiful book that Genet has written.” —Jean-Paul Sartre The Thief’s Journal is perhaps Jean Genet’s...
Mar 14, 2009 · The Thief's Journal by Jean Genet. 'Is any of this true? Who cares? It is if I say it is, for I define my existential self. Je suis what I say je suis' John Crace. @JohnJCrace. Fri 13...
