Genet, Jean, preface by Jean-Paul Sartre, - The Maids and Deathwatch: two plays.

NY, Grove, (1962). 20th ptg. G PB. Genet was born in Paris in 1910, an illegitimate child who never knew his parents. He was adopted by a peasant family &. when caught stealing at 10 was sent to a reformatory. Later he joined the Foreign Legion but quickly deserted. For many years he wandered through Europe begging, thieving & smuggling & spent time in almosts every country through which he passed. He escaped life imprisonment & was granted a pardon by the president after a group of eminent writers & artists submitted a petition. He spent many years in intense creative activity & became a legendary figure. Edge wear.

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