Fragments Of The Artwork Fragments ... Et Autres Textes. English

Fragments of the Artwork brings together Jean Genet’s critical writings and open letters on art and aesthetic issues. This collection testifies to Genet’s enormous influence on the modern theater, on the development of the novel, and on the representation of crime, sex, gender, and race. In lyrical essays and one candid interview, these works present an untutored, original, defiant Genet, displaying his provocative insights and acuities on a range of topics. Genet wrestles with the athletic genius of Rembrandt, adores the intricate criminal resurrections of Dostoevsky, challenges our easy readings of Brecht, and, in what is one of the most exalting art historical essays ever written, provides us with his detailed personal account of the work and presence of Alberto Giacometti. Altogether these essays comprise a series of engrossing meditations on the central motives of theatricality and art. 'adame Miroir -- Letter To Leonor Fini -- Jean Cocteau -- Fragments ... -- Letter To Jean-jacques Pauvert -- The Studio Of Alberto Giacometti -- The Tightrope Walker -- Rembrandt's Secret -- What Remains Of A Rembrandt Torn Into Little Squares All The Same Size And Shot Down The Toilet -- That Strange Word ... -- Interview With Hubert Fichte -- Chartres Cathedral, A Bird's-eye View -- The Brothers Karamazov. Jean Genet ; Translated By Charlotte Mandell. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 171-172). __Fragments of the Artwork__Genet wrestles with the athletic genius of Rembrandt, adores the intricate criminal resurrections of Dostoevsky, challenges our easy readings of Brecht, and, in what is one of the most exalting art historical essays ever written, provides us with his detailed personal account of the work and presence of Alberto Giacometti. Altogether these essays comprise a series of engrossing meditations on the central motives of theatricality and art. This work collects and groups, from four volumes of Genet's "Oeuvres completes", his writings on art and aesthetic issues. In lyrical essays and one candid interview, these present an untutored, original, defiant Genet, displaying his insights and acuities on a range of topics.