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Our Lady of the Flowers

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Jean Genet's seminal Our Lady Of The Flowers 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. It isn't difficult to understand how and why Genet was able to reproduce the novel under such circumstances, because Our Lady Of The Flowers is nothing less than a mythic recreation of Genet's past and then - present history. Combining memories with facts, fantasies, speculations, irrational dreams, tender emotion, empathy, and philosophical insights, Genet probably made his isolation bearable by retreating into a world not only of his own making, but one which he had total control over.

Language: English

Pages: 216

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Olympiapress.com

Release: December 01, 2004

ISBN: 1596541369

ISBN 13: 9781596541368

Our Lady of the Flowers

4/5 ( ratings)

Jean Genet's seminal Our Lady Of The Flowers 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. It isn't difficult to understand how and why Genet was able to reproduce the novel under such circumstances, because Our Lady Of The Flowers is nothing less than a mythic recreation of Genet's past and then - present history. Combining memories with facts, fantasies, speculations, irrational dreams, tender emotion, empathy, and philosophical insights, Genet probably made his isolation bearable by retreating into a world not only of his own making, but one which he had total control over.

Language: English

Pages: 216

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Olympiapress.com

Release: December 01, 2004

ISBN: 1596541369

ISBN 13: 9781596541368

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