An edition of Le Balcon (1956)

The balcony

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An edition of Le Balcon (1956)

The balcony

Revised edition.

by

  • ★★★ 3.0 (3 ratings)
  • 47 Want to read
  • 5 Currently reading
  • 4 Have read

The clients of a French brothel act out their fantasies while a revolution rages in the city.

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Publisher
Grove Press
Pages
96

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Subjects

Intellectual life, Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author), Drama, False personation, Revolutions, Brothels, Power (Philosophy), Prostitution, Drama (dramatic works by one author), French drama, Translations into English

Times

20th century

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Edition Availability
Cover of: The Balcony
The Balcony
October 7, 1982, Routledge
Paperback in French - New Ed edition
Cover of: Le Balcon (Panorama du Theatre Nouveau, Le Theatre De La Cruaute Vol. 2)
Le Balcon (Panorama du Theatre Nouveau, Le Theatre De La Cruaute Vol. 2)
1967-01-01, Appleton-Century-Crofts
Cover of: The balcony
The balcony: a play in nine scenes
1966, Grove
in English - Rev. ed. / tr. by Bernard Frechtman.
Cover of: The balcony
The balcony
1966, Grove Press, Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
in English and French - Rev. ed.
Cover of: The balcony
The balcony
1962, Grove Press
- Revised edition.
Cover of: Le Balcon
Le Balcon
1962, Barbezat
in French and English - Édition définitive.
Cover of: The Balcony
The Balcony
1957-01-01, Faber & Faber
in English

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Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
842.912
Library of Congress
PQ2613.E53 B313 1958a

The Physical Object

Pagination
96 p. :
Number of pages
96

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL24240443M
ISBN 10
0802150349
ISBN 13
9780802150349
LCCN
58009490
OCLC/WorldCat
503223842

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL7435395W
Wikidata
Q3026044
BookBrainz
9d5113eb-671a-4206-ad9c-3e9578b65ab7

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First Sentence

"On the ceiling, a chandelier, which will remain the same in each scene."

Work Description

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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