The Thief's Journal
by Jean Genet
Taste attributes: biographydramagay/lesbiancrimeslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivaltroubled leadssocial commentary
Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, stirring biography, heavy rather than light. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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About This Book
The Thief's Journal (Journal du voleur, published in 1949) is a novel by Jean Genet. It is a part-fact, part-fiction autobiography that charts the author's progress through Europe in a depoliticized 1930s, wearing nothing but rags and enduring hunger, contempt, fatigue and vice.
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- Jean Genet
- Published
- 1949
- Pages
- 272
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