In the midst of a national 1949 debate about improving the reform-school system, a radio station commissioned the author of The Thief's Journal to share his experience as a juvenile delinquent. Instead of writing the expected horrifying exposé, Jean Genet sent back a piece that celebrated prison life, denouncing any improvement in the condition of young prisoners as a threat to their criminal souls. This passionate defense of rebellion is accompanied here by Genet's essays on Jean Cocteau, Leonor Fini, and the art of Alberto Giacometti.
The Criminal Child
The Criminal Child
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In the midst of a national 1949 debate about improving the reform-school system, a radio station commissioned the author of The Thief's Journal to share his experience as a juvenile delinquent. Instead of writing the expected horrifying exposé, Jean Genet sent back a piece that celebrated prison life, denouncing any improvement in the condition of young prisoners as a threat
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