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  <name><![CDATA[Jean Genet]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Our Lady Of The Flowers]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Thief's Journal]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Maids and Deathwatch: Two Plays by Jean Genet]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Querelle]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Balcony]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Funeral Rites]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Miracle of the Rose]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Blacks: A Clown Show]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Prisoner of Love (New York Review Books Classics)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Screens]]></title>
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