English-language collection of essays by Jean Genet, including The Criminal Child. Introduction by Jeffrey Zuckerman.
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Jean Genet (1910–1986)
Jean Genet (1910–1986) was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political writer.
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English title: Four Hours in Shatila. Written in 1982 following the Sabra and Shatila massacre and first published in Revue d'études palestiniennes in 1983.
Essay on Rembrandt, first published in Tel Quel in 1967 and later collected in Genet's Œuvres complètes. Associated with Genet's writings on Rembrandt, including Le Secret de Rembrandt.
English title: The Studio of Alberto Giacometti. Published by L'Arbalète in 1958.
English title: The Tightrope Walker. Essay on the tightrope walker Abdallah Bentaga, dedicated to him. Published by L'Arbalète in 1958.
English title: The Criminal Child. Radio text commissioned by Radiodiffusion française in 1949 but banned from broadcast. Published by Paul Morihien in 1949 and later collected in Gallimard's Œuvres complètes, Tome V, in 1979.