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The Balcony
The Balcony
Author: Jean Genet
Set in a brothel designed for the fulfillment of any fantasy, peopled with characters driven by their most private compulsions, played against the background of a revolution which finally permits the clients of the brothel to enact in reality the fantasies they have been indulging in make-believe, The Balcony is as electrifying to read as it has...  more »
ISBN: 245081
Publication Date: 1957
Pages: 112
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In the midst of a war-ravished city, a brothel caters to the elaborate role-playing fantasies of men from all walks of life. These perverse costumed masquerades parody and stylize the nature of the anarchic political struggle that rages outside. In a stunning series of macabre scenes, Genet presents his caustic view of man and society.


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