Genet
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner • A meticulously researched biography of Jean Genet, one of France's most notorious writers. "Dazzling. Genet has found a scrupulous, meticulous chronicler in Edmund White." -- Philip Henscher, The Guardian 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.
GenresEnglish & College SuccessEnglishBiography & Autobiography
English edition · First published 1993 by Random House Digital Inc. · ISBN 9780307764492
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Editions
6 editions
English
- Genet · Random House Digital Inc. · 2010 · ISBN 9780307764492 This page
- Genet · Random House · 2011 · ISBN 9781409042488
- Genet · Picador in association with Chatto & Windus · 1994 · ISBN 9780330306225
- Genet: A Biography · Alfred A. Knopf · 1993 · ISBN 9780394571713
- Genet · Chatto & Windus · 1993 · ISBN 9780701133979
Other (pt)
- Genet : Uma Biografia · Editoria Record · 2003 · ISBN 9788501054234
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