Criminal Child : Selected Essays
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1681373610
ISBN-13
9781681373614
Publisher
New York Review Books
Imprint
New York Review Books
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 21st, 2020
Print length
280 Pages
Weight
142 grams
Dimensions
19.80 x 12.70 x 1.00 cms
Product Classification:
Anthologies (non-poetry)
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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.
''the Criminal Child'' appears here with a selection of Genet''s finest essays, including his celebrated piece on the art of Alberto Giacometti.
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