Genet by Edmund White
This biography of Genet explores the perverse extremes of his life and writing, and separates the fact from the mythology which was fostered by Genet himself. Edmund White has interviewed lovers, friends, publishers and acquaintances, and has drawn from material, from letters (a number published here for the first time) and other original sources.
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A Boy's Own Story
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The Beautiful Room Is Empty
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The Married Man
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The Flaneur
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My Lives
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Our Young Man
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City Boy
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The Loves of My Life
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Chaos
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Proust
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The Faber Book of Gay Short Fiction
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Nocturnes for the King of Naples
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A Previous Life
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Skinned Alive
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States of Desire
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Inside a Pearl
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Hotel de Dream
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Rimbaud
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Sketches from Memory
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The Farewell Symphony
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The Unpunished Vice
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Jack Holmes and His Friend
Edmund White has done a scrupulous job in uncovering the truth-His best achievement is to analyse and evaluate Genet's contribution to literature and to clarify his originalityHe points up his inspired verbal invention and dense, impacted prose with many a felicitous quotation. This biography is elegant meticulous and wholly satisfying * Sunday Telegraph *
A superb introduction to the great novelist and playwright, vagabond, thief and convict, and to the brutal childhood from which he mined his remarkable vision -- J G Ballard * Sunday Times *
'White's Genet is well written and clearly argues throughout-As an orthodox monument to an unorthodox man, Genet is unlikely to be surpassed' Guardian * Guardian *
A superb introduction to the great novelist and playwright, vagabond, thief and convict, and to the brutal childhood from which he mined his remarkable vision -- J G Ballard * Sunday Times *
'White's Genet is well written and clearly argues throughout-As an orthodox monument to an unorthodox man, Genet is unlikely to be surpassed' Guardian * Guardian *
Edmund White was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1940. He teaches at Princeton University. He is an officer of the Ordre des Arts et Lettres.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099450078 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099450070 |
| Title | Genet |
| Author | Edmund White |
| Series | Vintage Lives |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2004-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 864 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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