Funeral Rites (novel)

Funeral Rites
First edition
AuthorJean Genet
Original titlePompes funèbres
TranslatorBernard Frechtman
LanguageFrench
PublisherMarc Barbezat - L'Arbalete (Original French), Grove Press (English Translation)
Publication date
1948
Publication placeFrance
Published in English
1953
Media typePrint
ISBN0-571-25154-4
Preceded byThe Miracle of the Rose 
Followed byQuerelle 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

  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.