Genet jean

1960 · 016031 — L'Arbalete 1960. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Inscribed and signed by Jean Genet: "a mon Amie/-le petit Phil.!/Jean Genet." Laid in is a note "From the Desk of Jean Vallier" in French dated 6 decembre 2008: "Mais qui est donc "le petit Phil." Un pote unclear a toi Pour le bon vieux temps a toi Jean." Jean Vallier is among other things Marguerite Duras' biographer. Text block is coming loose from the wrapper and has some uneven tanning to the front cover and spine but still a nice copy of the second edition with the lettered lithographed cover design by Alberto Giacometti. "Genet's biographer Edmund White wrote that with The Balcony along with The Blacks 1959 Genet re-invented modern theatre.5 The psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan described the play as the rebirth of the spirit of the classical Athenian comic playwright Aristophanes while the philosopher Lucien Goldmann argued that despite its "entirely different world view" it constitutes "the first great Brechtian play in French literature."6 Martin Esslin has called The Balcony "one of the masterpieces of our time."7" Though not noted this book is from the library of an NYC film critic. Trade editions of books signed by Genet are quite uncommon. L'Arbalete Paperback