"A brilliant and unorthodox book, crowded with insights that will disturb and illuminate." —<i>The Atlantic</i>

"A remarkable achievement." —<i>New York Times</i>

"The brilliance and humanity and erudition and unsentimental compassion that have gone into this work are literally unbelievable. . . . Saint Genet is biographical exegesis carried to the point of high art." —<i>Newsweek</i>

Saint Genet is Jean-Paul Sartre’s classic biography of Jean Genet—thief, convict, and great artist—a character of almost legendary proportions whose influence grows stronger with time. Bringing together two of the century’s greatest minds and artists, Saint Genet is at once a compelling psychological portrait, masterpiece of literary criticism, and one of Sartre’s most personal and inspired philosophical creations.
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The remarkable and controversial study of the mind, life, and legend of Jean Genet

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780816677603
Publisert
2012-02-10
Utgiver
Vendor
University of Minnesota Press
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
41 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Oversetter

Om bidragsyterne

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980) was a renowned philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, and literary critic. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964, an honor he declined.

Bernard Frechtman was Jean Genet’s first American translator and literary agent.