Our Lady of the Flowers
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Our Lady of the Flowers

by Jean Genet

1943•Drama•318 pages

Taste attributes: dramagay/lesbiancrimeslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticenclosedemotive & stirringtroubled leadssocial commentaryself destruction/implosion

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Boxlist takeHeavy and emotional: an inventive novel, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

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3.4 / 5

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About This Book

Our Lady of the Flowers (Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs) is the debut novel of French writer Jean Genet, first published in 1943. The free-flowing, poetic novel is a largely autobiographical account of a man's journey through the Parisian underworld. The characters are drawn after their real-life counterparts, who are mostly homosexuals living on the fringes of society.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaGay/lesbianCrimeTroubled leadsSocial commentarySelf destruction/implosion

Subjects

Gay menPrisonersTransvestitesGay prisonersTranslationsFrench fictionRomance literatureCross-dressers

Details

Author
Jean Genet
Published
1943
Pages
318
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