An edition of Le Balcon (1956)

Le Balcon

by Jean Genet

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An edition of Le Balcon (1956)

Le Balcon

by Jean Genet

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

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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January 1, 1998

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Gallimard

Language

French

Pages

207

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