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Genet

Genet

A Biography

by Edmund White
Paperback
Publication Date: 04/10/1994
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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.
ISBN:
9780679754794
9780679754794
Category:
Biography: general
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
04-10-1994
Language:
English
Publisher:
Random House USA Inc
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
800
Dimensions (mm):
203x132x54mm
Weight:
0.71kg
Edmund White

Edmund White (b. Ohio, USA, 1940) is the author of many critically acclaimed books, the most recent being The Flaneur. He was made an officer in the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and won a literary prize from the Festival of Deauville. He now teaches at Princeton University. His acclaimed autobiography, My Lives, was published by Bloomsbury in 2006, while his play, Terre Haute, was published by Methuen Drama in 2007.

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