The Miracle of the Rose

Jean Genet, known as a prisoner-writer, creates a work of praise for the criminal in The Miracle of the Rose. Themes that Genet mainly deals with are violence, homosexuality, and the decay of social values; This time it is reflected from the window of the brutal reformatory universe, where only the strong and the cunning can resist extinction. The petty criminals of the Fortevrault reformatory, where poverty was made even worse by the Second World War, did not hesitate to offer their bodies and souls to the adults for a piece of tobacco or black bread. Only Harcamone was able to get rid of this stink. On the night when Harcamone, the condemned man whom he idolizes, is being prepared for execution, Genet goes on a poetic journey between Fontevrault's reality and the magical atmosphere of the execution. The dark men who descend into the heart of a criminal, or rather a young Harcamone who is assumed to be a criminal, will encounter a miracle there. The quartet of judge, lawyer, priest and executioner seems to have formed an evil conspiracy that makes decisions on behalf of humanity. They are the spokespeople of the communities that Genet excluded and excluded by symbolizing the black conscience of the society...



Number of Pages: 271

Print Year : 1999


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Ayrinti Publications

Ilk Year of Printing: 1999

Number of Pages: 271

Language: Turkish