An edition of Le balcon (1956)

Der Balkon und andere Stücke

Das dramatische Gesamtwerk

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An edition of Le balcon (1956)

Der Balkon und andere Stücke

Das dramatische Gesamtwerk

by , , and

  • ★★★ 3.0 (3 ratings) ·
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  • 4 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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Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, Club Bertelsmann, Europäische Bildungsgemeinschaft, Buchgemeinschaft Donauland, Buch- und Schallplattenfreunde
Language
German
Pages
415

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Subjects

Intellectual life, Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author), Drama, False personation, Revolutions, Brothels, Power (Philosophy), Prostitution, Drama (dramatic works by one author)

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Cover of: The Balcony
The Balcony
January 21, 1994, Grove Press
Paperback in English - Revised edition
Cover of: The Balcony
The Balcony
October 7, 1982, Routledge
Paperback in French - New Ed edition
Cover of: Der Balkon und andere Stücke
Der Balkon und andere Stücke: Das dramatische Gesamtwerk
1981, Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, Club Bertelsmann, Europäische Bildungsgemeinschaft, Buchgemeinschaft Donauland, Buch- und Schallplattenfreunde
Hardcover in German
Cover of: The balcony (Le balcon)
The balcony (Le balcon): a play in nine scenes
1966, Grove Press
in English
Cover of: The balcony
The balcony
1966, Grove Press, Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
- Rev. ed.
Cover of: The balcony
The balcony: a play in nine scenes
1966, Grove
in English - Rev. ed. / tr. by Bernard Frechtman.
Cover of: The balcony
The balcony
1962, Grove Press
- Revised edition.

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Published in
Gütersloh, Germany, Stuttgart, Germany, Vienna, Austria, Zug, Switzerland, Berlin, Germany, Darmstadt, Germany
Other Titles
The Balcony
Translation Of
Le Balcon
Translated From
French

Contributors

Translator
Georg Schulte-Frohlinde

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
415
Dimensions
21 x x centimeters

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Open Library
OL32238653M
OCLC/WorldCat
720815855
Deutsche National Bibliothek
810290391

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