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The Maids and Deathwatch - (Genet, Jean) by Jean Genet (Paperback)

Name: The Maids and Deathwatch - (Genet, Jean) by Jean Genet (Paperback)
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The two plays collected in this volume represent Genet's first attempts to analyze the mores of a bourgeois society he had previously been content simply to vilify.
Author(s): Jean Genet
166 Pages
Drama, European
Series Name: Genet, Jean

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The two plays collected in this volume represent Genet's first attempts to analyze the mores of a bourgeois society he had previously been content simply to vilify.

Book Synopsis

The two plays collected in this volume represent Genet's first attempts to analyze the mores of a bourgeois society he had previously been content simply to vilify. In The Maids, two domestic workers, deeply resentful of their inferior social position, try to revenge themselves against society by destroying their employer. When their attempt to betray their mistress's lover to the police fails and they are in danger of being found out, they dream of murdering Madame, little aware of the true power behind their darkest fantasy.

In Deathwatch, two convicts try to impress a third, who is on the verge of achieving legendary status in criminal circles. But neither realizes the lengths to which they will go to gain respect or that, in the end, nothing they can do--including murder--will get them what they are searching for.

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Dimensions (Overall): 8.34 Inches (H) x 5.38 Inches (W) x .46 Inches (D)

Weight: .42 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 166

Genre: Drama

Sub-Genre: European

Series Title: Genet, Jean

Publisher: Grove Press

Theme: General

Format: Paperback

Author: Jean Genet

Language: English

Street Date: February 16, 1994

TCIN: 83226759

UPC: 9780802150561

Item Number (DPCI): 247-50-7040

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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