Genet: A Biography by Edmund White
First edition
In this biography of Jean Genet, we have the first full scale life of one of the great and controversial figures of 20th century literature. This book shows us the writer in all his permutations: poet, homosexual, thief; de Beauvoir‘s "thug of genius".
Genet A Biography by Edmund White
First edition
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket. Book has a little bowing, Dust jacket has some light edge creasing near spine A large and heavy hardcover.
Publishing Info: Knopf, New York, 1993
ISBN: 9780394571713
In this revelatory biography of Jean Genet, we have the first full scale life of one of the great and controversial figures of twentieth century literature. Edmund White shows us the writer in all his permutations: poet, dandy, homosexual, thief; a "thug of genius", as Simone de Beauvoir called him.
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