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Revolutionary, French poet, and playwright Genet (1910–86) sees the world slant in this new assemblage of essays, which includes the first English translation of the title piece from esteemed translators Mandell and Zuckerman. In this account of the author's youth in the penitentiary Mettray, commissioned for broadcast by a French radio station, provocateur Genet writes "not in complaint but in exultation," declaring that "from ch...Log In or Sign Up to Read More