The Crime of Jean Genet by Eddé, Dominique

The Crime of Jean Genet

Now in paperback, The Crime of Jean Genet is a powerful personal account of the influence of...
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Author: Dominique Eddé
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Language: English
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The Crime of Jean Genet by Eddé, Dominique

The Crime of Jean Genet

CHF 19.12

The Crime of Jean Genet

CHF 19.12
Author: Dominique Eddé
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Now in paperback, The Crime of Jean Genet is a powerful personal account of the influence of one writer on another and one of the most penetrating explorations yet of Genet's work and achievement.

Dominique Eddé met novelist and playwright Jean Genet in the 1970s. And she never forgot him. "His presence," she writes, "gave me the sensation of icy fire. Like his words, his gestures were full, calculated, and precise. . . . Genet's movements mimicked the movement of time, accumulating rather than passing."

This book is Eddé's account of that meeting and its ripples through her years of engaging with Genet's life and work. Rooted in personal reminiscences, it is nonetheless much broader, offering a subtle analysis of Genet's work and teasing out largely unconsidered themes, like the absence of the father, which becomes a metaphor for Genet's perpetual attack on the law. Tying Genet to Dostoevsky through their shared fascination with crime, Eddé helps us more clearly understand Genet's relationship to France and Palestine, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, the theater, and even death. A powerful personal account of the influence of one writer on another, The Crime of Jean Genet is also one of the most penetrating explorations yet of Genet's work and achievement.

Author: Dominique Eddé
Publisher: Seagull Books
Published: 08/12/2021
Pages: 158
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780857428721

About the Author
Dominique Eddé is the author of several novels, including, most recently, Kamal Jann and Kite, both published by Seagull Books. Andrew Rubens is a writer and translator whose work has appeared in the Glasgow Review of Books, Charlie Hebdo, and PN Review.Ros Schwartz is a translator of fiction and nonfiction and the chair of English PEN's Writers in Translation program.


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