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Gay Fiction

Journal Du Voleur

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  • 1949 first published
  • 272 pages
  • ★ 3.4 (5 ratings)
  • 49 editions
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Jean Genet's Journal Du Voleur (1949) is a gay fiction play. The story is set in France, in the 20th century. Characters include Jean Genet (1910-1986). Key subjects include french Authors, gay authors, gay men and prisoners.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 54 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 49 editions across 6 languages.

At about 272 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours.

About Journal Du Voleur

The Thief's Journal (Journal du voleur, published in 1949) is a novel by Jean Genet. It is a part-fact, part-fiction autobiography that charts the author's progress through Europe in a depoliticized 1930s, wearing nothing but rags and enduring hunger, contempt, fatigue and vice. The main character encounters bars, dives, flophouses, robbery, prison and expulsion in Spain, Italy, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Nazi Germany and Belgium. The novel is structured around a series of homosexual love affairs and male prostitution between the author/anti-hero and various criminals, con artists, pimps, and a detective.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Jean Genet (1910-1986)

Subjects

  • French Authors
  • Gay authors
  • Gay men
  • Prisoners
  • Continental european fiction, Fictional works by one author
  • Genet, jean, 1910-1986
  • Romance literature
  • Continental european drama, Dramatic works by one author
  • Biography
  • LGBTQ fiction before Stonewall

Quick answers

Who wrote Journal Du Voleur?

Journal Du Voleur was written by Jean Genet and first published in 1949.

What genre is Journal Du Voleur?

It is usually shelved as Gay Fiction.

How long is Journal Du Voleur?

The median edition has 272 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Journal Du Voleur?

Readers who like it often enjoy A l'ami qui ne m'a pas sauvé la vie, Christopher and His Kind and Breakfast at Tiffany's.

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