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Our Lady of the Flowers
Our Lady of the Flowers
Author: Jean Genet
Jean Genet's first, and arguably greatest, novel was written while he was in prison. 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. The masterpiece he managed to produce under those difficult conditions is a lyrical portrait ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780571143658
ISBN-10: 0571143652
Publication Date: 1990
Pages: 256
Edition: New Ed
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Publisher: Faber and Faber
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 3
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Jean Genet wrote this book an napkins while he was in prison. The guards discovered it and destroyed it when he was almost finished, so Jean started again from scratch. This is a fantastic, beautifully written book.


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