Funeral Rites (novel)

1948 novel by Jean Genet

Funeral Rites

First edition

Author| Jean Genet
Original title| Pompes funèbres
Translator| Bernard Frechtman
Language| French
Publisher| Marc Barbezat - L'Arbalete (Original French), Grove Press (English Translation)

Publication date

| 1948
Publication place| France

Published in English

| 1953
Media type| Print
ISBN| 0-571-25154-4
Preceded by| The Miracle of the Rose
Followed by| Querelle of Brest

Funeral Rites (Pompes funèbres) is a 1948 novel by Jean Genet. It is a story of love and betrayal across political divides, written this time for the narrator's lover, Jean Decarnin, killed by the Germans in World War II.

The first edition was limited to 1,500 copies; in 1953 the text was revised by Gallimard, excising some possibly offensive passages, which became the basis for the 1953 English translation by Frechtman.[1]

## References

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1. ^ Plunka, Gene A. (1992). The rites of passage of Jean Genet: the art and aesthetics of risk taking. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 89\. ISBN 0-8386-3461-3.

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Works by Jean Genet

Prose|

* Our Lady of the Flowers
* Miracle of the Rose
* Querelle of Brest
* Funeral Rites
* The Thief's Journal
* Prisoner of Love

Drama|

* The Maids
* Deathwatch
* The Balcony
* The Blacks
* The Screens

Film|

* A Song of Love

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