'A beautifully written, dreamlike book . . . A true outlaw artist.' Bobby Gillespie, The Times
Our Lady of the Flowers, often considered Genet's masterpiece, was written in the cell of a French prison where he was being held for theft. Here is the darker side of Montmartre, a world of pimps, thieves, prostitutes, queens and blackmailers, where 'morality' in the common sense of the word has no meaning. The story of Divine, a drag-queen prostitute, is interwoven with that of one of his lovers, a young man due to be arrested for murder. A story of sex, crime and death, Our Lady of the Flowers is a powerful and original debut novel, which put Genet into the front rank of French writers.
| ISBN: | 9780571340828 |
| Publication date: | 7th March 2019 |
| Author: | Jean Genet |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 318 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |