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Genet

  • Edmund White

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A meticulously researched biography of Jean Genet, one of France's most notorious writers. 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. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography.

Genres

  • French Authors
  • Biography
  • Gay authors
  • French literature, history and criticism, 20th century
  • Genet, jean, 1910-1986
  • LGBTQ biography and memoir
  • Lambda Literary Awards
  • Lambda Literary Award Winner
  • New York Times reviewed
  • French literature
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About the author

  • Edmund White

    born 1940

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    5 ratings · 70 works

Editions

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    Record

    Mar 15, 2003

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    Kindler

    Feb 24, 1993

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    Gallimard

    September 15, 1993

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    Il saggiatore

    1998

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1st Vintage Books ed.

Random House

1994

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    Vintage

    October 4, 1994

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    Random House UK Distribution

    July 15, 1993

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    New Ed edition

    Vintage

    January 1, 2004

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    Knopf

    November 2, 1993

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    Vintage

    January 1, 2004

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    Chatto & Windus

    1993

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    Alfred A. Knopf

    1993

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    Penguin Random House

    2011

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    Penguin Random House

    2011

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    Tandem Library

    October 1994

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    Random House Value Publishing

    November 1988

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    Corrected ed.

    Picador

    1994