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The Criminal Child

By Jean Genet

The Criminal Child

By Jean Genet

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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 Française 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 exposé. 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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
128
Release Date:
2020-01-21
Publication Date:
2020-01-21
Publisher:
New York Review of Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1681373610
ISBN13:
9781681373614
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
147 g
Height:
126 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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