The Balcony, Paperback/Jean Genet
Descriere
Book jacket/back: 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.
Despre autor
Jean Genet a fost un scriitor francez. Scrierile sale, care au creat controverse, investighează aspectele dezumanizante ale societății, având ca domeniu predilect lumea interlopă, păstrând tonul critic în abordarea societății din acea epocă.
