Our Lady of the Flowers

Our Lady of the Flowers
AuthorJean Genet
Original titleNotre Dame des Fleurs
TranslatorBernard Frechtman
LanguageFrench
GenreRoman à clef
PublisherMarc Barbezat – L'Arbalete (Original French), Editions Paul Morbien (English Translation)
Publication date
1943
Publication placeFrance
Published in English
1949
Media typePrint
ISBN0-571-25115-3
Followed byThe Miracle of the Rose 

Our Lady of the Flowers (Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs) is the debut novel of French writer Jean Genet, first published in 1943. The free-flowing, poetic novel is a largely autobiographical account of a man's journey through the Parisian underworld. The characters are drawn after their real-life counterparts, who are mostly homosexuals living on the fringes of society.


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