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Jean Genet
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Title: |
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The Balcony |
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English |
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Paperback |
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96 |
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1994-01-21 |
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0802150349 |
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Grove Press |
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0.2 pounds |
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5.36 x 8.22 x 0.33 inches |
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Revised |
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Book jacket/back: The setting of Jean Genet's celebrated play is a brothel that caters to refined sensibilities and peculiar tastes. Here men from all walks of life don the garb of their fantasies and act them out: a man from the gas company wears the robe and mitre of a bishop; another customer becomes a flagellant judge, and still another a victorious general, while a bank clerk defiles the Virgin mary. These costumed diversions take place while outside a revolution rages which has isolated the brothel from the rest of the rebel-controlled city. In a stunning series of macabre, climactic scenes, Genet presents his caustic view of man and society.
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http://bookmooch.com/0802150349 |
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