Our Lady of the Flowers
Our Lady of the Flowers Jean Genet's masterpiece, composed entirely in the solitude of his prison cell. As Sartre recounts in his introduction, Genet penned this work on the brown paper which inmates…
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Our Lady of the Flowers
Jean Genet's masterpiece, composed entirely in the solitude of his prison cell. As Sartre recounts in his introduction, Genet penned this work on the brown paper which inmates were supposed to use to fold bags as a form of occupational therapy. With an introduction by Jean-Paul Sartre.Jean Genet's first, and arguably greatest, novel was written while he was in prison.
Genet approached this world through his protagonist, Divine, a male transvestite prostitute. The masterpiece he managed to produce under those difficult conditions is a lyrical portrait of the criminal underground of Paris and the thieves, murderers and pimps who occupied it. In the world of Our Lady of the Flowers, moral conventions are turned on their head.
Sinners are portrayed as saints and when evil is not celebrated outright, it is at least viewed with a benign indifference. Whether one
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