| The Criminal Child: Selected Essays Contributor(s): Genet, Jean (Author), Mandell, Charlotte (Translator), Zuckerman, Jeffrey (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1681373610 ISBN-13: 9781681373614 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Art | European |
| Dewey: 364.36 |
| LCCN: 2019013970 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 4.9" W x 7.9" (0.30 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 system, Radiodiffusion Fran aise commissioned Genet to write about his experience as a juvenile delinquent. He sent back a piece that was a paean to prison instead of the expected horrifying expos . Revisiting the cruel hazing rituals that had accompanied his incarceration, relishing the special argot spoken behind bars, Genet bitterly denounced any improvement in the condition of young prisoners as a threat to their criminal souls. The radio station chose not to broadcast Genet's views. "The Criminal Child" appears here with a selection of Genet's finest essays, including his celebrated piece on the art of Alberto Giacometti. |