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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100679754792
ISBN-139780679754794
eBay Product ID (ePID)896580
Product Key Features
Book TitleGenet : a Biography
Number of Pages800 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEuropean / French, Literary, Criminals & Outlaws, Lgbt
Publication Year1994
GenreLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorEdmund White
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height2.1 in
Item Weight22.6 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews'Dazzling. Genet has found a scrupulous, meticulous chronicler in Edmund White.' -- Philip Henscher, The Guardian 'An absorbing and magisterial biography...a labor of love in every sense. A comparable achievement [is] Richard Ellmann's biography of Oscar Wilde.' -- John Bayley, The Evening Standard 'Elegant, meticulous and wholly satisfying.' -- Brian Masters, The Sunday telegraph 'White has caught the uncatchable man -- the public Genet as well as the recluse: no better praise can be given a biographer.' -- Paul Bailey, The Daily Telegraph From the Hardcover edition., 'Dazzling. Genet has found a scrupulous, meticulous chronicler in Edmund White.' -- Philip Henscher, The Guardian 'An absorbing and magisterial biography...a labor of love in every sense. A comparable achievement [is] Richard Ellmann's biography of Oscar Wilde.' -- John Bayley, The Evening Standard 'Elegant, meticulous and wholly satisfying.' -- Brian Masters, The Sunday telegraph 'White has caught the uncatchable man -- the public Genet as well as the recluse: no better praise can be given a biographer.' -- Paul Bailey, The Daily Telegraph
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal848/.91209 B
SynopsisA 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.
LC Classification NumberPQ2605.O28
