Jean Genet

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Author:

Barber, Stephen

Introduction by:

White, Edmund

Series title:

Critical Lives Ser.

ISBN:

978-1-86189-178-5

Publication Date:

Mar 2005

Publisher:

Reaktion Books, Limited

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

USD $22.00

Book Description:

This new short biography and critical work cuts directly to the essence of Genet's life, a life of extraordinary spectacle that was always profoundly entangled with his work. Stephen Barber emphasises those elements that made his life particularly inspirational in the 1960s and which continue to make it vital for readers today.

Book Details

Pages:	156
Detailed Subjects:	Literary Criticism / European / French Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	5 x 7.875 x 0.4 Inches

Author Biography

Barber, Stephen (Author)

Author Edmund White was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on January 13, 1940. He majored in Chinese at the University of Michigan. Before spending a year in Rome, he worked for Time-Life Books from 1962 until 1970. Upon his return, he became an editor for The Saturday Review and Horizon. He lived in France from 1983 until 1990. His works have chronicled gay life with such books as A Boy's Own Story, The Beautiful Room Is Empty, and The Farewell Symphony.

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