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Our Lady of the Flowers. Jean Genet, B. Frechtman (Translator) 4.02. 6,365ratings412reviews. Kindle $2.99. Rate this book. 'Our Lady of the Flowers', which is often considered to be Genet's masterpiece, was written entirely in the solitude of a prison cell. the exceptional value of the work lies in its ambiguity.
Read 385 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Jean Genet's seminal Our Lady Of The Flowers (1943) is generally considered to be his fine…
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.
- Jean Genet
- 1943
- 1943
- Marc Barbezat – L'Arbalete (Original French), Editions Paul Morbien (English Translation)
Aug 3, 2023 · Analysis of Jean Genet’s Our Lady of the Flowers By NASRULLAH MAMBROL on August 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 ...
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,
Jan 12, 1994 · 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...
