false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173792473m/328208.jpg 328208 21 <div>The Thief's Journal is perhaps Jean Genet's most authentically autobiographical novel, personifying his quest for spiritual glory through the pursuit of evil. Writing in the intensely lyrical prose style that is his trademark, the man Jean Cocteau dubbed France's "Black Prince of Letters" here reconstructs his early adult years -- time he spent as a petty criminal and vagabond, traveling through Spain and Antwerp, occasionally border hopping across the rest of Europe, always one step ahead of the authorities. "Only a handful of twentieth-century writers, such as Kafka and Proust, have as important, as authoritative, as irrevocable a voice and style." -- Susan Sontag; "One of the strongest and most vital accounts of a life ever set down on paper. . . . Genet has dramatized the story of his own life with a power and vision which take the breath away. The Thief's Journal will undoubtedly establish Genet as one of the most daring literary figures of all time." -- The New York Post</div> 1117055 book 1949 The Thief's Journal total:431|5:144|4:164|3:86|2:34|1:3| 431 1705 649 39 5 2 false false Sun Nov 04 23:01:47 -0800 2007 Mon Apr 07 07:44:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 06 15:00:26 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 15:00:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Wed Dec 12 20:22:16 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 12 21:15:57 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Feb 08 08:05:16 -0800 2007 Tue Feb 20 21:14:04 -0800 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1982 Sat Jun 06 16:44:41 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 16:47:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Nov 10 12:38:23 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 20:44:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 22:12:43 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 22:22:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 02:46:51 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 02:46:51 -0800 2009 the writing style is a challenge-sentences had to be read and re-read to try and understand the meaning. the insight into homosexuality was enlightening. quite an arousing and romantic book really.]]> 5 0 false false Tue Nov 11 16:04:30 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 16:11:47 -0800 2008
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