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The Thief's Journal
Jean Genet, French playwright, novelist and poet, turned the experiences in his life amongst pimps, whores, thugs and other fellow social outcasts into a poetic literature, with an …
Miracle of the Rose
Jean Genet, French playwright, novelist and poet, turned the experiences in his life amongst pimps, whores, thugs and other fellow social outcasts into a poetic literature, with an …
The Balcony
Jean Genet's The Balcony, which premiered in 1957, is acknowledged as one of the founding plays of modern theatre: philosopher Lucien Goldmann dubbed it 'the first great Brechtian …
The Blacks
'One evening,' wrote Jean Genet in a prefatory note to The Blacks (1959), 'an actor asked me to write a play for an all-black cast. But what exactly is a black? First of all, …
Samurai: The Heart of the Prophet
Takeo has finally achieved his dream; he has left behind the darkness of his past and become a Samurai. Yet Imperial Japan is in turmoil; General Akuma, one of the Empire's most …
Querelle of Brest
A beautiful new edition of Jean Genet's classic work, which includes a new introduction by Jon Savage.'One of the great writers of our times.' Sunday TelegraphQuerelle, a young …
Criminal Child
The Criminal Child offers the first English translation of a key early work by Jean Genet. In 1949, in the midst of a national debate about improving the French reform-school …
Criminal Child
Criminal Child offers the first English translation of a key early work by Jean Genet. In 1949, in the midst of a national debate about improving the French reform-school system, a …
Our Lady of the Flowers
'A beautifully written, dreamlike book . . . A true outlaw artist.' Bobby Gillespie, The TimesOur Lady of the Flowers, often considered Genet's masterpiece, was written in the cell …
Samurai Vol. 5: The Unnamed Island
Having escaped from the clutches of the 13th Prophet, Takeo, the young Samurai, is free to continue with his quest to find out who he is. His journey leads him to an unnamed …
Deathwatch
Three young convicts share a cell. Locked into a world of dangerous rivalries, criminals Lefranc and Maurice compete for the attention of the charismatic condemned man, …