Author: Jean Genet
Title: Le Condamne a Mort
Description: Fresnes, 1942. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition. 21.5cm x 14cm. [16] pages. Loose (as issued) in lettered white wrappers. Text is in French. First edition, first printing, of Genet's first publication. Written while in prison for book theft and privately printed in 1942, Le Condamne a Mort [The Man Sentenced to Death], is a hallucinatory homoerotic homage to another prisoner, Maurice Pilorge, a beautiful young man guillotined for murder in 1939. Appearing in white and pink wrapper variants without priority, this copy in white, and containing numerous manuscript corrections by the author. Text is in French. Minor tanning, wear, and soiling to wrappers. Very minor tanning to pages. Very minor chipping to fore-edge of a few leaves. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Poetry; Foreign Language::French; French Language; LGBTIQ+ Gay Studies. Inventory No: 0035114.

Keywords: BZDB407 Poetry; Foreign Language::French; French Language; LGBTIQ+ Gay Studies. Unbranded Jean Genet Le Condamne a Mort Foreign Language::French LGBTIQ+ Gay Studies


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